Former Chelsea and Millwall
striker Tony Cascarino says Arsenal boss Arsene
Wenger was too scared to take the Real Madrid job.
Cascarino told the Daily Star Sunday: “Wenger would be
in charge of some of the best players on the planet, at the biggest
club in the world, with a chance to compete for all the top
silverware.
“Surely anyone who turns them down is off their trolley. You
could argue that Arsene is being loyal to the club – but will the
fans and the board be loyal to him if the team is unsuccessful? I
doubt it.
“Was Arsene too afraid to become manager of Real?
“I can see no other reason why he wouldn’t jump at the chance to
join them.
“If he had left, he could have kept the affection of the
Arsenal fans if he’d explained
that he was ambitious to win the Champions League, to have the
finances to sign the very best and not to have to sell them year on
year.
“Even the most die-hard fan would understand that after all the
work he’s done in north London.
“But he chose to remain in a job where he became a Dario
Gradi-type figure. “