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20th April 2018
11:46am BST

"I was there when he arrived, as the goalkeeping coach, and he is without doubt one of the three greatest men I have met in my entire life. "I am not just talking about his football knowledge and how he changed the game in this country but as a human being through difficult times for my wife and I lost our daughter. "He was extraordinary. In that time when we went on a pre-season tour to Austria we would finish a training session and got on the coach and Arsene told me to sit next to him and we talked about Anna and then human spirit. "This is emotional for me," Wilson said as he broke down in tears. "He is the greatest manager in Arsenal's history, even above Herbert Chapman and all the other managers who won trophies. Not only is he the greatest manager in Arsenal's history but he has also changed the face of the game in this country. "We had a team who enjoyed a drink but he changed the psychology and rehydration of it and everyone else followed suit. "When I'm in the director's box he is always in there 20 minutes before the game kicks off to say hello to people and thank them for being there. I don't know another manager who does that - it is an insight into his humanity."It's hard to imagine that we'll hear a more sincere salute to Wenger the man than that. https://twitter.com/5liveSport/status/987262943795535872
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