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Wenger admits he still wants to return

Arsene Wenger badly misses football management and likened his departure from the dugout to someone coming off drugs.

The former Arsenal manager, 72, left The Emirates in 2018 but he regrets leaving management altogether.

Wenger told beIN Sports: “I spent 40 seasons in the dugout and if I listen to my gut, I would still do it.

“You know, I can contribute in a different way. I’m still missing it. I’m still missing the intensity of it.

“And so overall, I’m still vulnerable. I’m like a guy who’s off drugs.

“I think as well I can contribute in a different way. Now to football and if I can do that worldwide, it’s satisfying.

“More intellectually, maybe when the physically intense, but maybe more efficient as well in the world.”

If I listen to my gut, I would still do it.

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