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Allardyce on boss he loves to wind-up

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arsene-wenger_1717643cFormer Irons boss Sam Allardyce has dubbed Arsene Wenger as having “an air of arrogance” and “not one to invite you into his office after a game.”

Writing in his newly published book he rips into the Arsenal boss claiming he enjoys beating his teams because of the Frenchman’s temper.”

He said: “The more I wound him up, the more I liked it. He tried to influence refs through the media and create a perception that we were bullies committing all the fouls, while his team just wanted to play.

“It seemed he wanted a rule where they should be allowed to do what they wanted with the ball, without us being allowed to tackle them. “It was a skill finding their weaknesses and how to exploit them.

“He takes it all very personally and has an air of arrogance. He’s not one for inviting you into his office for a drink after the game.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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6 comments

  • WestGoaHam says:

    Who would want to drink with that ignorant tw@t? You certainly couldn’t have a chat about football! You’re better off up north fat boy.

  • Radai Lama says:

    Lol,these managers are all as bad as each other.Like a bunch of schoolkids,all b#tching about one another,haha.Makes me laugh.Bunch of clowns 😉

  • winslow says:

    And how many times have his teams beaten Wengers, not many i’m sure…

  • Willtell says:

    Allardyce thinks Wenger is arrogant? Pot kettle and black comes to mind… At least Wenger has been at the top and wins things occasionally to justify his arrogance! What has BFS won can someone remind us?

  • hammersfan01 says:

    To be perfectly honest, Allardyce’s opinions have returned to the level they once had in my estimation; zero, zip, zilch. I never had time for the man before he came to West Ham, I had very little time for him when he was at West Ham, and now that he is gone, I couldn’t give two hoots for what he thinks about life, the universe and everything.

  • bubs says:

    Cupping your ear to the paying public is not arrogant ?
    Hippo wants to try building a side like Wenger has on his budget and play that sort of football,before he opens his mouth
    Wenger is not arrogant just French

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