Kvällens Arsenal - 15 april

I dagens Arsenal hedrar Arsene Wenger den bortgångna Danny Fiszman. Han talar även om klubbens riktning med Kroenke som majoritets ägare av Arsenals aktier. Detta plus lite silly season samt en skadeuppdatering finns att ta del av.

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Utan Fiszman - Inget Emirates

Som kollega Falk skrev tidigare idag så var Fiszman drivande en drivande kraft i styrelse när flytten från Highbury till Emirates skulle göras. Han tillsammans med Ken Friar stod till exempel för alla förhandlingar med lokala näringsidkare som som skulle hitta nya platser att driva sina företag. Detta är något som Wenger tar fasta på när han klubben skulle inte vara där man är idag utan Fiszman.

"I will remember Danny as a forward-thinker, a man who was very brave and who did fight until the last minute and was always a very influential person at every board meeting," said Wenger. "He was one of the very intelligent men behind this Club and the development of this Club. He was very instrumental in all of [the stadium move] and in all the practical work, all the negotiation work, the relocation of all the businesses, the planning permission. There was a team, Ken Friar and Danny Fiszman, who did all of that. It is very fair to say the Club wouldn't be where it is today without Danny Fiszman.", säger Wenger.

Kroenkes aktieköp kommer inte påverka Wenger

I en intervju med från igår säger Wenger att klubben inte kommer byta strategie bara för att Stan Kroenkes aktieköp. Detta stod klart efter att det igår hade varit ett styrelsemöte där Wenger närvarade.

"We will continue to run the club with the technical department having the decision on what is technical. For all the rest I have to answer to Stan Kroenke and I am ready for any questions, but I run the technical department. On the football side of things we will continue to focus on the football the way we want to play it to develop our players. We have a squad which is about 23 years of age who are in a strong position in the league. We have a certain philosophy of football and we will continue to develop that and to play even better. We will continue to run the club like it has been done until now - that means live within our resources, produce our own resources and develop our football team.", säger Wenger.

På dagens presskonferens fick Wenger frågan om vad han tyckte om Uniteds spelschema inför slutspurten av säsongen och om det kommer det påverka titelracet. Fransmannen förklarade att det inte var så farligt men att det spelar ingen roll hur United spelar om inte Arsenal vinner gör sitt i de tre matcherna (Liverpool hemma, Tottenham borta, Bolton borta) innan mötet mellan lagen på the Emirates.

"The schedule is not too bad for them because they play Schalke on Tuesday night and they are super-favourites to win that Semi-Final. I am not even sure they will be completely out of resources against Schalke. I don't know. But until then the most important thing for us is to get as close as possible. [Their schedule] can be a handicap, but will it be? I don't know. When you have momentum it can be helpful as long as everything goes for you - they had that in 1999 [when Manchester United won the treble], where the championship was very close between us and them. What has changed between 1999 and today is that every game is much more difficult in the Premier League, especially for Manchester United away from home like anybody else. The games are not like before - it is much more difficult for everyone away from home now. The only thing I do know is it will be only helpful to us to win our games, so we just have to focus to try and win our games. For the rest we cannot look too much.", säger Wenger.

Szczesny tillbaka i mål

Wenger sa på dagens presskonferens att Jens Lehmans 20 år yngre kollega Wojciech Szczesny nog tar över mellan stolparna mot Liverpool på söndag. Szczesny som skadade ett finger i returmötet mot Barcelona har varit borta i fem veckor. Många gooners drar nog en suck av lättnad efter att Almunia sen en matchotränad Jens Lehman har stått i Arsenals mål.

"We still have some tests to make but Wojciech is back in full training so it could be Szczesny in goal. It is a big surprise for us because we thought at the start of his injury that the season was over. But he was given the green light four weeks after the Barcelona game, so he had a full week of practice.", säger Wenger.

Spelar Wilshere U21 - Kan han missa EM-kval

Debatten om Wilshere vara eller icke vara i det engelska U21-landslaget i sommar rullar vidare. Wenger är emot det då han tycker att Wilshere tillhör A-landslaget nu. Om det nu blir så att Wilshere spelar U21 i sommar så lär han inte bli redo för spel förens i september då han ska ha sin semester. Det kan innebära att han missar dels en träningslandskamp men även EM-kval för England som möter Bulgarien borta den 2 september. Så det är nog dags för att Capello och Pearce att ta fram kulramen och fundera på i vilket landslag Wilshere ska spela.

"We will accept the decision of the FA but don't forget that we start the season on August 13. England have a friendly in August. If the Under-21s go to the end of their tournament I will have to give four to six weeks holiday to the player. That means he might not be available for the friendly, nor for the [Euro 2012] qualifier [against Bulgaria] because he will not be ready and that game is in September. England have to make a choice there. I know I have to respect the holiday period for the players and that's more a calculation that the England national team has to make. We will be without the player maybe at the start of the season. It is important that the players get a good rest because in England the championship is very intense. It is the first season that Wilshere will have played 45 games approximately."

Wenger tar upp Ryan Giggs som ett exempel på en spelare som har klarat att spela länge för att han inte har spelat i stora landslagsturneringar. Tråkigt för Giggs men desto roligare för Manchester United.

"You take a player like Ryan Giggs, who is still playing at 37 years of age but he has never played in a major international tournament. That means he always had a good rest every summer and in the long term I think it has an impact on players who go to big tournaments, come back and play a championship like in England, where every game is a battle. You have to think carefully how to rest the players."

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Björn Alm2011-04-15 21:55:00