In an interview with French football pundit Christian Jeanpierre, Arsene Wenger recently revealed that he regularly bops along to the lilting reggae of Bob Marley when he’s in his car.
The revelation, which appears as part of a chapter-long profile on the boss in Jeanpierre’s new book ’48 2/3′, has since been picked up by other sections of the French media.
The quickest off the mark is Le Parisien [translated by Get French Football News], who managed to extract a little more detail about Wenger’s admiration for Jamaica’s most famous son.
“Yes, I love his [Marley’s] music and the man that he was. He was not “fabricated”, he was real. I love people who do not have conventional paths and who stand out because of their talent.”
Arseblog News can well imagine him wistfully humming ‘Get up, Stand up’ every time one of our midfielders goes down injured.
Jeanpierre’s book looks at 12 extraordinary figures from the world of football and Wenger admitted he is flattered to have been included.
“I am very happy, even if I think that my life could be considered as mundane because I have always done things in football. But when one is born, like me, in a little farming village, it could be seen as extraordinary to find that you end up being the manager of Arsenal. I see it.”
And in case you thought Arsene was Mr. Serious all of the time – quite possible after his deep and meaningful chinwag with L’Equipe recently – you can rest assured he actually considers himself a funny kinda guy.
“It is true, it is an aspect of my personality that people do not know about. With my job, I am often stressed, so I might appear a bit like a constipated person.
“But I like to laugh when I am with my friends and to let my humorous side reign free, something that I obviously cannot do in front of the media. You know that you can quickly cause irreparable damage when you have my job. I am more interested in controlling that.”
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You can read a few more snippets from the boss as he talks about France’s chances at Euro 2016, Thierry Henry’s punditry and Paris Saint German here.
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He must have had a hard time listening to Exodus during the times our captains kept leaving left and right…
Marley: It’s gonna be a long, long winter for me
Wenger, Alexis, Santi (backing vox) For meeee
Le Prof… Le Marley…
Le Ganja… Le EPL
Yep!….Jah rasta farah arsene ya!
one love, me brethren!
One Love, for us Arsenal fans.
I think he drives by Highbury and sings: “Concrete Jungle”.
I shot the Santi, but I didnt shoot the Debuchy.
Thinking about it now, Sanchez would probably fit better sylallbly (i think i just made up a word).
But i used Santi as his injury is more suitable to being shot, than a 4 week hammy.
Is this love, is this love, is this love, is this love that I’m feeling?
No, it’s your ACL I’m afraid.
“Sanchez would probably fit better sylallbly” could the word you’re looking for be “phonetically”, by any chance?
or “syllabically”
No Wenger No Cry
No Nasri no cry?
No Mourinho No cry
No Cygan no cry
No Gooner no cry…
As it’s Arseblog, I can’t decide if it’s a genuine photo or another expert photoshop…
Bob Marley played a lot of football, apparently. A lot of people got fooled by Danny Baker into thinking that he caused the injury that eventually resulted in Bob Marley’s death (toe injury I think) during a football match. Not true, obviously.
satisfy my sol
Rambo Country
“You know that you can quickly cause irreparable damage when you have my job. I am more interested in controlling that.”
Klopp definitely isn’t..
https://youtu.be/Ciine34PhDg
He’ll get used to it. After few games he will quickly realise that this is the premiership, no supremacy, no hierarchy and no one is exempt from beating. The difference between who wins the league and who is relegated is determined by the quality of who is on the bench. Hence the invincible are what they are: untouchables, unrivalled and umcopyed
I’m sure AW thinks the same, but also knows he’d be crucified by the press for saying that out loud.
After all, he’d French which the press consider to be much worse than a German.
Man curses, people laugh… Shows their mentality!
Hope we are not simply waiting in vain for another title ?
Arsenal sure does turns its fans into The Wailers
I always thought Wenger had a natural mystic about him!
don’t worry, ’cause every little thing is gonna be alright.
That awkward moment when Theo returns from injury singing “redemption song”
I don’t wanna wait in vain ffor Wilshere. …
Haha. I think Wenger can expect more questions about ‘doping’ in the near future.
And they thought Wenger was a ‘classical man’ …what were they smoking? Clearly not the joint Arsene has lit up on his way to work.
So Reggae triumphed over Klopp’s rock and roll.
Klopp is heavy metal, not rocknroll. I picture Klopp playing Accept’s Balls To The Wall while contemplating tactics. And Fast As A Shark. Maybe even some Kreator and Sodom.
I haven’t read many autobiographies but I will certainly read his, if he releases one. It’d be nice to have a conversation with him.
What are you smoking Wenger ☺
Ganja
Kroenke’s Colorado Special Bud AKA 49 Undefeated Kush!
So true, many here wont know about the any aspect of my life, one of it is to watch Arsenal play football on weekends and win…and then theres another asoect where I like to watch MOD with the knowledge that we won the game.
But I also seem to have the same constipated look since the last 2-3 weeks.
Thus my hopes of him being a Kraftwerk fan are quashed.
You gotta love AW. When he retires we will only truly appreciate this man. I can imagine ‘get up stand up’ blasting out before he sends the lads out.
Legend.
Just watched Arsene’s presser very closely. I am proud to have him as our manager.
http://player.arsenal.com/videos/7095/press-conference
Ahhhh… So that’s what they’re smoking over there t the Emirates
Can we have a gunnerblog video, Arsene singing “Buffalo soldier”?
Pretty please?
I have a sneaky feeling that the black and white photo is a fake. Bob Marley’s face is brown and Arsene’s face is white.