From The Observer:
‘Arsene Wenger, Friday: 'If you believed in a conspiracy you would become paranoid and the next step after that is schizophrenia, a feeling that all the world is against you. I don't go in for that kind of momentum.'
It's a fine life policy - but not the same Arsenal, then, whose Denis Bergkamp claimed ITV were witch-hunting him ('There must be someone at ITV who is not an Arsenal fan because it was not the first time it had happened. ITV made the decision to show it... and then the FA picked it up'); where FA-charged Patrick Vieira reckoned 'There's no point me going to try and explain myself because I think I have lost the fight even before I get there - but I won't let them destroy me'; and completely, definitely not the same Arsène Wenger who said this: 'Maybe the fact that you have a red and white shirt attracts a lot of criticism'; and this: 'I can accept that if you are caught on the motorway driving at 80 mph you are in the wrong, but if everyday it is you while everyone overtakes you, then you wonder why there is a problem'; and this: 'when we go to the FA disciplinary meetings, we are used to coming back with a heavy bag'; and this: 'I think there's a campaign to get Patrick charged every time'; and this: 'We seem to be singled out even when the red cards are not fair'; and this 'I am amazed how big Patrick's elbows are. He can now reach players who are 10 yards away' and...