Read extra quotes from Arsene Wenger’s press conference ahead of Sunday’s game against Manchester City:
on whether Wilshere could face City…
I haven’t decided yet, I don’t know.
on finishing second…
No, we have not given up hope. We will fight until the end.
on if finishing above Spurs is a source of pride to him…
Look, it’s not over. Let’s see what happens until the end of the season. Tottenham had a good season. They didn’t manage to finish very strongly recently but overall they’ve had a good season and they have a strong team. But our target is still to get in front of them if possible.
on if Spurs finishing above Arsenal would be a one off…
If they do that, you can at least say it’s a one off, because in 20 years, it [will have] happened once. At the moment it’s not done. If they do it, well done. We’ll fight until the end to make sure that we have a chance that we get in front of them.
on if he can believe there’s another Copa America…
No. I think last year was the century, so they made a special one [with special rules].
on if Copa America will have impact on Alexis…
It had an impact on him this season I think. Of course Chile won it as well, so after some big achievement like that you always have a bit of decompression. I think he suffered physically this season from that.
on having Eddie Jones at London Colney…
We have some common memories. His mother is Japanese, he worked in Japan and I worked in Japan so we spoke a little bit about Japan. We have had a similar career, he is Australian and I am French and you have to love countries like Japan and England because he worked in both.
on whether Arsenal are missing an out-and-out goalscorer…
We have spoken about that before but at the moment we are just focused on this game on Sunday and trying to give everything to win it.
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