内容简介

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his own story. He opens up about his life, sharing principles for success on and off the field with lessons on leadership, and vivid tales of his 22 years managing Arsenal to unprecedented success. There, Wenger won multiple Premier League championships and a record number of FA Cups, and his teams included the Invincibles of 2003-2004 and a record-breaking undefeated 49-match run. He popularised an attacking approach and belief that the game should be entertaining but he also changed the attitudes of British football fans towards players' diet, fitness and coaching methods - and towards foreign managers too.

In My Life in Red and White, Wenger charts his extraordinary career, including his rise in France and Japan where he managed Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight (clubs that also play in red-and-white, like Arsenal!) to his 22 years at the helm of an internationally renowned club from 1996 onwards. He describes the unrest that led to his resignation in 2018, and his current role as Chief of Global Football Development for FIFA. He offers studious reflections on the game and his groundbreaking approach to motivation, mindset, fitness and football that was often beautiful to watch.

This book is a must-read for not only Arsenal fans but football fans everywhere, for management and business leaders, and anyone seeking the tools for success in work and life. It will illuminate the mystique surrounding one of the most revered and successful manager's life story, strategy and vision in the world's most popular sport.

作者简介

Arsene Wenger was born in Alsace in 1949 and was a successful manager in France and Japan before unexpectedly being appointed manager of Arsenal in 1996, where he enjoyed unmatched success. He resigned in 2018 and is now Chief of Global Development for FIFA. He lives in London and Paris.

精彩摘录

IlookatallthesechangesandIthinkaboutthem,andyetIalwaysseefootballforwhatitisandwhatitshouldbe:amatchwhereanythingcanhappen,theplayers,90minutes,fantasticmoves,anelementofluck,talent,courage,atouchofmagicand,forthosewhoarewatchingthesemenplay,thesearchforexcitement,foramemory,foralessoninlife.

——引自第4页

Yearslater,shenIwasmanagingArsenal,IwastwiceofferedthechancetotakeoveratReal.It'sterribletohavetoturndownyourchildhoodclub.ButIhadamissionatArsenal,acontracttohonour,andI'dgivenmyword.Besides,Imustbethemanagerwhohassaidnothemosttimes:toPSG,toJuventus,tothenationalteamsofbothFranceandJapan.Andeachtimewashard,butacommitmentisacommitment.I'msurethatmoralcodeisanotherthingIgotfrommychildhood.

——引自第25页