Having spent more than 20 years in one of the most challenging leagues, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is easily one of the best tacticians in the world of football.
He has taken the Arsenal team to some incredible moments in their history and is looking to get them back to their best this season, looking for some silverware.
The Frenchman not just in his time at the Emirates, but also in his stint with AS Monaco in his home country, was always known to be a great man manager and it is evident till date with his squad at Arsenal.
It is now understood that Wenger has helped his nation win Bronze in the Olympics not so long ago.
And no, it is obviously not in football.
The 67-year old manager is a well-respected figure in the sporting fraternity in France and he reportedly was behind the France national 4 x 100-meter relay team by giving them their team-talk prior to the 2012 Olympics in London.
The manager, who was at the time, away from club commitments, had a lengthy team talk with the likes of Christophe Lemaitre and Ronald Pognon who were a part of the relay team for France.
It is understood that Wenger had some advice and a few tips for the individual stars on how to turn their team into a successful one.
He stressed the important of turning individual brilliance into success for the team addressing the men’s and women’s relay teams.
Speaking to the Arsenal Magazine, Wenger revealed that he was approached by the team for a team talk and revealed that he knew what he had to do straight away.
“During the Olympics, they asked me to come and speak to their 4 x 100-metre relay teams – both the men and the women,” he said.
“They are not naturally used to team sport, it’s more individual. I spoke to them about how to work together, how to share a target,” he added.
He went on to explain that it was human nature to get together to become stronger and that it was important for players to stay as a team.
He said, “If you look at nature, the animals that hunt for survival understand instinctively that together they have more chance to hunt and be successful. So it’s part of nature and survival to understand that together we are stronger than individuals.”
“There are very few animals that hunt isolated for survival. Most of them hunt in groups. It’s very important to get an instinctive understanding of how you can be efficient together,” Wenger added.
His team talk paid fruit as the French relay team went on to finish 4th initially, and then were later awarded Bronze, after United States sprinter Tyson Gay was suspended for drug use.
Do you think he has the same effect on Arsenal?