Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that he would love to win the FA Cup once again.
The Frenchman has won four FA Cup trophies since joining Arsenal back in 1996 and speaking exclusively to the Arsenal magazine, he has revealed that he loves the competition now just as much as he did back in the day.
The FA Cup was in fact Wenger’s last piece of silverware coming back in 2005 when his side beat Manchester United on penalties, and Wenger has admitted that he would love to win the trophy once again this season, as he prepares his side to face Everton in the Quarter Final at the Emirates Stadium.
“I have been lucky enough to win it four times, but unfortunately we haven’t won it for a long time now, so in fact I’m even more focused to do well in this competition.
“I would love the Club to win the FA Cup again. Unfortunately sometimes the scheduling clashes with the Champions League. For example last season we had Blackburn at home in the FA Cup just before playing Bayern at home in the Champions League, so it was difficult to focus the attention completely on the Blackburn game.
“Hopefully we have learnt from that though, and this year we won’t be distracted.”
Wenger then continued to talk about the magic of the FA Cup, and he believes everyone dreams of playing in the FA Cup final.
“The magic of the cup is when you get close to the end of the competition – the dream becomes more real.
“We all had that dream as kids, we were educated by seeing people lifting cups. That became our dream and to make it come true is one of our targets. That’s what the cup is about – when you are a young boy you dream to lift the cup.
“I’m lucky enough to have won the cup in every country I’ve worked in, and that magic moment when you realise “it’s ours” is something very special. It makes everybody happy. Of course in the early stages of the competition, the focus is not exactly the same, but the closer you get to the final, the more the dream comes alive.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
