{"id":37875,"date":"2018-04-21T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/04\/21\/arsene-wenger-stirred-arsenal-exasperation-but-was-a-martyr-to-his-values-david-hytner\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T13:29:05","slug":"arsene-wenger-stirred-arsenal-exasperation-but-was-a-martyr-to-his-values-david-hytner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=37875","title":{"rendered":"Ars\u00e8ne Wenger stirred Arsenal exasperation but was a martyr to his values | David Hytner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manager departing after 22 years leaves a legacy of dispirited Arsenal fans yet his wide-ranging human qualities see even harshest critics expressing affectionIt is a story that Ars\u00e8ne Wenger has told on more than one occasion in different company over dinner and it always has the desired effect. The Arsenal manager talks of a book he has read in which an assassin is able to stop his heart when he kills and then restart it. \u201cI\u2019m looking for a striker like that,\u201d he says.What is not to like? It has Wenger, a trained killer, resurrection, death and football. As the Frenchman\u2019s eyes twinkle, an acquaintance who has heard the punchline describes how his audiences are hooked. \u201cArs\u00e8ne has them eating out of his hand,\u201d he says. \u201cHe is a magnificently charming&nbsp;companion.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2018\/apr\/21\/arsene-wenger-arsenal-martyr-to-his-values-exasperation-affection\" target=\"_blank\">Ars\u00e8ne Wenger stirred Arsenal exasperation but was a martyr to his values | David Hytner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manager departing after 22 years leaves a legacy of dispirited Arsenal fans yet his wide-ranging human qualities see even harshest critics expressing affectionIt is a story that Ars\u00e8ne Wenger has told on more than one occasion in different company over dinner and it always has the desired effect. The Arsenal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}