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23rd September 2016
08:22pm BST

"There were rumours, yeah. It was just after Sol left so that, obviously, was never going to happen. I saw the response Sol got as well! "No, I was never going to leave and especially not to join Arsenal. "But I've always had a lot of respect for Arsene. I think he is a top manager."Respect him as he did, King was not seriously tempted to cross the North London divide. He also rejected the advances of Chelsea around the same time and played 13 seasons for Tottenham before retiring, in 2012, as a one-club man. King also recalled the time Wenger squared off against former Tottenham boss Martin Jol.
"I don't think it would have ended well for Arsene, to be quite honest with you, looking at the size of him and the size of Martin," said King. "But maybe Arsene knows something about himself that we don't."Precision beats power? Timing beats speed? We wouldn't put anything past Wenger.
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