{"id":1109941,"date":"2019-10-08T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1109941"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:23:05","slug":"arsenal-news-arsene-wenger-next-job-rejected-premier-league-offers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-news-arsene-wenger-next-job-rejected-premier-league-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger confirms he turned down Premier League job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsene Wenger says he has rejected the chance to return to the Premier League because he is &#8220;too linked&#8221; to Arsenal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman has been out of managerial work since ending his 22-year stint as Arsenal boss in May 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where will Arsene Wenger go next? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wenger was linked with a move to Fulham and AC Milan last season.<\/li>\n<li>But he has previously stated he would never manage another English club after Arsenal.<\/li>\n<li>More recently,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsene-wenger-manage-world-cup-2022-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wenger opened the door on a managerial role at international level<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Frenchman says he wants to coach again but has already rejected offers from the Premier League.<\/li>\n<li>He has also confirmed he is considering an offer to join Fifa in a technical role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7383312-alisson-is-the-golden-middle-of-the-goalkeeper-venn-diagram\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since then, the veteran tactician has been linked to a whole host of clubs, including one or two on these shores.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite offers to return to the English top flight, Wenger has admitted he has so far\u00a0spurned the opportunity as he is still too attached to his former club.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11670\/11830266\/arsene-wenger-says-he-has-turned-down-premier-league-offers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a>:\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m an Arsenal man and after that I&#8217;m a professional. I can&#8217;t stop working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I decided to move out of the Premier League because I am too linked with Arsenal. I had opportunities to work in England but I turned them down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to tell you [which clubs] because there are people in charge and it would unfair to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Declan Rice or Se\u0301bastien Haller? 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Five things to know&#8230; Wenger was linked with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1105466,"parent":0,"menu_order":4815,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Arsenal news: Arsene Wenger turned down Premier League job","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Arsene Wenger says he has rejected the chance to return to the Premier League because he is \"too linked\" to Arsenal.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1109941","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal news: Arsene Wenger turned down Premier League job<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arsene Wenger says he has rejected the chance to 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