Arsenal: What else is Arsene Wenger going to say?

Arsene Wenger has admitted, rather shockingly, that he regrets overstaying at Arsenal. If he will say that, then what else might he say in the years to come?

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger were synonymous for the longest time. You couldn’t have one without the other. Sometimes that was a good thing but, towards the end, it became a bad thing.

Apparently it was a bad thing for both parties, too.

With the club moving on under a new manager, with signings galore and answers to questions that have long gone unrequited, Wenger has been contenting himself with World Cup commentary and, now, shocking admissions that many never thought they’d hear.

Wenger has admitted, after just about two months away from the club, that he regrets having stayed so long. Having been given the perspective of life outside of the club, he is undoubtedly seeing front and center the things he left behind.

Which is a bit of an alarming situation to find oneself in after dedicating 22 years of life to one specific endeavor and, as Wenger referred to it, imprisoning oneself in that endeavor.

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That was the quote that really got me: “I was a little bit of a prisoner to my challenge each time.”

That’s a stark confession. And he went on to say much more, I encourage you to read the whole statement, but to me, it can all be summarized by that one line. He felt he was a prisoner.

I never thought I’d hear him say anything like that, yet, now that he has said it, I’m not that surprised. He has that perspective now that he could have never achieved while at the club. Of course it is going to be startling to him.

But it also has me wondering what other things he may realize, as time goes by, and just how much he might say about those things.

Many have clung to this belief that once Wenger left, he would, in time, blow the lid off of what happens behind the closed doors. With Stan Kroenke, with all of it. He has hinted time and again that he was a bit handcuffed at times, and the reason I’m bringing this up is because of his choice of words, comparing himself to a prisoner.

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The two likely aren’t related, in this context, but I do hope that we get more from him in the future. It was not a transparent time at the club, and I think we would all like to hear more about it, even if it’s a bit disconcerting, like this was.

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