Wenger admits Bendtner's ego can be hard to manage

Arsène Wenger has praised striker Nicklas Bendtner for his recent improvement, but admits he can be a difficult player to deal with sometimes.

A confident character, the Dane is always quick to talk up his ability in interviews, and his manager worries that sometimes his confidence can become arrogance.

Wenger insists it is important for Bendtner to remember that he has not achieved anything in the game yet to justify any arrogance.

He said: "He can sometimes be completely wrong when he walks in and says, 'I am the best' - but if you tell him, 'You are not the best because you haven't done that, that and that' he listens to you and tries to take advice on board.

"So his is not a blind confidence in himself - that is why I like him and always believed in him."

Wenger has dealt with a lot of characters in his time, and knows he can't expect his players to be robots, and sometimes a bit of arrogance is needed.

He continued: "It can be a little difficult managing him because he has the confidence before he has proved himself, but to play as a central striker you need to be a special character and he has qualities which are very important in his position.

"I have to give him more leeway, but I have also learned you can't have a robot playing up front. Every big player I have met in my life was different.

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