“Arsene Wenger came to watch a game on a Sunday morning, then Every manager has their favourites and for more than a decade, Emmanuel Petit was one of the first names on Arsene Wenger’s teamsheet.
While the pair only won three major trophies together, it was Wenger who first took a chance on a young, untested Petit during his time as Monaco boss and would go on to select him 319 more times, first for the Ligue 1 side and then for Arsenal, after the midfielder followed Wenger to the Premier League in a £2.5million move, which would prove to be a bargain.
