Arsène Wenger Stadium

[Jury]

Can it just be said that Wenger DID NOT build the ****ing Emirates stadium. He neither financed it or laid a brick. He was the manager when it was built. That's it. Will Pochettino have built Tottenham's new stadium? Behave. The building of the stadium doesn't have to be credited to Wenger in order for his time here to be deemed a success, but that's what some appear to be trying to do. Weird.

 

[Baki]

100% behind this. The man sacrificed a lot to be here and transition us over...

 

[Newchange]

While he remains in management this wont be an option. Let the man have a stand and a statue and move on

 

[Gegen Pressing]

Emirates Stadium naming rights contract lasts until 2028. Until then keep this thread opened . Not a stupid idea, just a little premature.

 

[Jae]

Don’t know about the rest but my stance on AW has been pretty consistent.

Respect the hell out of him for whatever he has done for the club but at the same time I accepted the reality that the time for a change had come and he needed to go at the end of this season.

Arsenal were stagnating under him and something had to give. The first blow My faith in Wenger took was in that 2011 defeat against Birmingham. The two FA Cups helped me recover a bit but then the 2015-16 season happened. Watford eliminated us in the FA Cup at home and ****ing Leicester City won the PL ahead of us! That combined with our routine Ro16 CL exits (one of which came against bloody Monaco!) made me ultimately realize that Wenger’s time at Arsenal was up.

Last year when everyone wanted him gone after the record FA Cup win, I wanted to see him stay for one last season (the current 17-18 season) so that he could have a final crack at the two trophies that elude him (a European trophy and the League Cup) and the fans could give him a final farewell season.

Unfortunately the board gave him a two year deal and things got really ugly after Christmas. This announcement should’ve been made in December so that Wenger could’ve had a solid final few months at the club with everyone behind him and the team.

Agree with all that mate except I probably would have him go when we won our last FA Cup.

As much as I like and respect the man its a daft idea to be naming a stadium after him.

 

[Trilly]

Would be nice but there's a lot of money to be made with stadium naming rights. I also think it's a bit OTT, you need that Santiago Bernebau impact for a stadium to be named after you. A stand would be more appropriate I think.

If we do go ahead and do it then it has to be this.

Big Wengz Arena.

Sound good.

 

[Mark Tobias]

The simple fact is we need the sponsorship deals that it can bring by leaving it open... squad cost and ALL that

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Can it just be said that Wenger DID NOT build the ****ing Emirates stadium. He neither financed it or laid a brick. He was the manager when it was built. That's it. Will Pochettino have built Tottenham's new stadium? Behave. The building of the stadium doesn't have to be credited to Wenger in order for his time here to be deemed a success, but that's what some appear to be trying to do. Weird.

Wenger kept us in top4 with profit in transfer market for almost a decade because that was part of the way how owners wanted Emirates to be fincanced!

 

[KROENKE SUCKS]

The simple fact is we need the sponsorship deals that it can bring by leaving it open... squad cost and ALL that

Who cares Kroenke isn't going to be spending it on the squad anyway.

 

[Jury]

Wenger kept us in top4 with profit in transfer market for almost a decade because that was part of the way how owners wanted Emirates to be fincanced!

The stadium was being paid for regardless. They wouldn't have had to knock it down if we weren't getting CL football.

 

[celestis]

Would be nice but there's a lot of money to be made with stadium naming rights. I also think it's a bit OTT, you need that Santiago Bernebau impact for a stadium to be named after you. A stand would be more appropriate I think.

If we do go ahead and do it then it has to be this.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Can it just be said that Wenger DID NOT build the ****ing Emirates stadium. He neither financed it or laid a brick. He was the manager when it was built. That's it. Will Pochettino have built Tottenham's new stadium? Behave. The building of the stadium doesn't have to be credited to Wenger in order for his time here to be deemed a success, but that's what some appear to be trying to do. Weird.

Dunno, from the looks of this he was the only one working on it. Unbelievable, must have pulled a couple all-nighters here and there.

 

[Jury]

Dunno, from the looks of this he was the only one working on it. Unbelievable, must have pulled a couple all-nighters here and there.

That's how we 'work' in London. That was probably 9:30 am on a Monday morning.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

The Stade Arsène Wenger was built near Wenger's home region Alsace a couple of years ago. I doubt we can name share bit I like the idea of The Arsène Arena or similar.

 

[Furious]

Dunno, from the looks of this he was the only one working on it. Unbelievable, must have pulled a couple all-nighters here and there.

How long was the construction ongoing?

That right there looks like an invincible Wenger.

 

[Marmaduke]

If the stadium doesn't get named after him then every single seating area should. The "West Arsène Stand"... "North Wenger Area"....

I'm not very creative today. Anyway, he should get way more than some statue.

 

[El Granit-Coq]

Can it just be said that Wenger DID NOT build the ****ing Emirates stadium. He neither financed it or laid a brick. He was the manager when it was built. That's it. Will Pochettino have built Tottenham's new stadium? Behave. The building of the stadium doesn't have to be credited to Wenger in order for his time here to be deemed a success, but that's what some appear to be trying to do. Weird.

Again, don't be deliberately difficult like @rich 1990 no one ever... (Honestly who would even think that) that Arsène Wenger was with the builders building the Emirates stadium. No one even ever insinuated that he financed the stadium in any way.

What people understand (anyone who ever mentions Arsène and the stadium... So everyone) is that it was his project, a project he wanted to see through and a proposed move that he poured most of his career into.

Arsène Wenger won that game... Did he shoot to score the winning goal? A parent telling you that they made you, aside from the initial insertion, were you involved in the biological processes? Were you involved in the modeling of the organs etc...?

I know you hate hype but this is a being deliberately obtuse.

 

[Penn_]

Bit soon for that, just like when people wanted him to take an upstairs role.

Wouldn’t necessarily lose the sponsorship money though, quite a few stadiums now seem to combine the two.

 

[SomGooner]

I think we should do like the Americans do where the stadium's name carries double names.

For example at Florida State University's football stadium is called 'Bobby Bowden field at Doak Campbell Stadium'.

Bobby Bowden is their greatest coach and Doak Campbell their greatest university president.

Just an idea...

 

[Brown Gooner]

Bit soon for that, just like when people wanted him to take an upstairs role.

Wouldn’t necessarily lose the sponsorship money though, quite a few stadiums now seem to combine the two.

No one is saying that this needs to happen imminently. We can surely rule out the next decade because of the Emirates naming rights deal but maybe after that this should be given consideration.