UK: SOCCER - ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER STILL HOPES HE CAN REACH COMPROMISE WITH FRENCH FOOTBALL FEDERATION OVER RELEASING PLAYERS FOR FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST AUSTRALIA

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  • Title: UK: SOCCER - ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER STILL HOPES HE CAN REACH COMPROMISE WITH FRENCH FOOTBALL FEDERATION OVER RELEASING PLAYERS FOR FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST AUSTRALIA
  • Date: 27th October 2001
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 26, 2001) AND VARIOUS (FILE) (REUTERS/ITN/OCTAGON/CSI - SEE ABOVE FOR COMPLETE RESTRICTIONS) LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. ARSENE WENGER AT ARSENAL PRACTICE LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 26, 20001) (ITN - NO ACCESS UK, ABC AUSTRALIA, TVNZ AND "CO.UK" SITES AND NO USE AFTER NOVEMBER 25, 2001 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENE WENGER SAYS "One player looks fair, yes I would go along with that (FIFA proposal) of course and I hope the French Federation respect that decision but we have to wait until next Thursday, I think." PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 31, 2000) (REUTERS) 3. FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC WELCOMES FRENCH PLAYERS INCLUDING THIERRY HENRY AFTER TRIUMPH AT EURO 2000 LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 26, 2001) (ITN - NO ACCESS UK, ABC AUSTRALIA, TVNZ AND "CO.UK" SITES AND NO USE AFTER NOVEMBER 25, 2001) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENE WENGER TALKING ABOUT THE SITUATION OF FRENCH NATIONAL MANAGER ROGER LEMERRE SAYS "He has to think about the interests of the clubs and the interests of the players as well because the interest of the national team is to have players who are not injured at the end of the season and are in a good shape to play in the World Cup and they could be in a situation where the players could all be injured or exhausted because of the season they play because normally now a player needs to play normal fifty five to sixty five and sixty five games, depending how far you go." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY, 1999) (REUTERS) 5. PATRICK VIEIRA AT PRACTICE (WHITE SHIRT) LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 26, 20010 (ITN - NO ACCESS UK, ABC AUSTRALIA, TVNZ AND "CO.UK" SITES AND NO USE AFTER NOVEMBER 25, 2001) 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENE WENGER TALKING ABOUT THE DEMAND ON PLAYERS SAYS "If you look at the national team now, since the first of January played twelve games and only three players played twelve games, the three Arsenal players: (Sylvain) Wiltord, (Patrick Vieira), (Robert) Pires. Thierry Henry missed he Confederations Cup for back injury but he played all the other seven games, that means Arsenal contributed a lot to the French national team in the last year. It's the only team that produce always their players, so that why we think that having four players travelling to Australia would not be fair." AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (AUGUST 5, 2000) (OCTAGON/CSI - NO ACCESS SPAIN, NETHERLANDS. NO ACCESS TRANSNATIONAL BROADCASTERS OR SYNDICATED NEWS/SPORTS PROGRAMMES. NO ACCESS SYNDICATED NEWS OR SPORTS PROGRAMMES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRANSWORLD SPORT, GILETTE WORLD SPORT AND FUTBOL MONDIAL. NO ACCESS TRANS-NATIONAL BROADCASTERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EURONEWS, ESPN INTERNATIONAL, AND MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING CORPORATION. NO INTERNET USE) 7. THIERRY HENRY COMES CLOSE TO SCORING IN ARSENAL 2-0 DEFEAT TO AJAX IN PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 26, 2001) (ITN - NO ACCESS UK, ABC AUSTRALIA, TVNZ AND "CO.UK" SITES AND NO USE AFTER NOVEMBER 25, 2001) 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENE WENGER TALKING CROWDED CALENDAR SAYS "This petition has been singed by eleven European top clubs, all the clubs, that means that everybody thinks the same but it's difficult to convince somebody but look at the number of games we played. Now we play again tomorrow, we play Tuesday in Schalke, we play Sunday again against Charlton, we play Monday against Manchester United and then Tuesday and then on Tuesday players have to travel to Australia, 48 hours on a plane, come back on a Wednesday after then we play Tottenham away and then Champions League on Tuesday and Wednesday, so how can you think that is sensible, it's just madness PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 31, 2000) (REUTERS) 9. FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, MANAGER ROGER LEMERRE AND TEAM POSING OUTSIDE ELYSEES PALACE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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