By Jonathan Chong on Saturday, October 4, 2008

Wigan Athletic boss Steve Bruce has praised the influence manager Arsène Wenger has had on the English league, especially with regards to the Frenchman's policy of scouting from all over the world.

The Wigan boss said: "I was so close to signing Mathieu Flamini for Birmingham. We'd agreed a price with Arsenal and everything.

"But Flamini decided to stay so I asked Arsène Wenger 'Have you got anyone else?' and he mentioned they had a lad on trial from Honduras who might be worth a look at.

"So I took Palacios to Birmingham and signed him but they didn't really take much interest in him. So when I moved to Wigan I brought him with me.

"Getting Palacios has opened up the door to Honduras for us. That's how we got Figueroa.

"Then we got Valencia from Ecuador and now we're looking all over South America."

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kukun

Posted on 7 Oct, 2008 at 08:24 AM - Reply

wenger? scout specialist cum professor for youngest...that a right answer.not every one can cope and working well with younger generation.wenger proved he can..who george weah when he still in liberia?claude le roy - one of best partner for arsene found weah.No wonder if this statement from Bruce.Arsene proved many things, race or nation or colour not important in football but the quality and philosophy is very important.

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