Arsene Wenger believes pressure on Premier League
managers to succeed is getting out of hand.
Billy Davies became the sixth manager this season to lose his job
on Monday when he was sacked by the top flight's bottom club
Derby.
Liverpool's Rafa Benitez, Middlesbrough's Gareth Southgate and
Newcastle's Sam Allardyce are also coming under pressure from club
owners to achieve success.
And the Arsenal boss, who has enjoyed 11 years with the Gunners,
says the price of failure is making top flight management tougher
than ever before.
Wenger told The Sun: "The fire is always ready but now it looks as
though you are burned on the village green quicker than ever
before.
Internal
differences
"Rafa Benitez has done remarkably well at Liverpool and what is
happening there is not down to sport or to results. It is down to
internal differences.
"I am fortunate I have had my freedom and the support of my board
to work as I want ever since I arrived in England. My directors
understand you do not get success without that backing.
"But you need experience to realise that and I am not sure that
everyone who has just bought their way into the game can appreciate
that."
Wenger also jumped to the defence of former Derby boss Davies, who
was dismissed by the Rams just six months after leading them to
promotion from the Championship.
Over-achieving
"What is strange is that a manager can pay the price for
over-achieving," Wenger added.
"It cannot be right that a guy has put the club in a position where
they never dreamed of being and, 14 games later, he is
sacked.
"We are always in a fragile position because you are quickly
exposed when you don't have good results.
"But if you analyse the modern game, it seems to be more and more
politics now."
