WENGER HAILS EXCEPTION GIGGS

Arsene Wenger has paid tribute to
Thierry Henry and Ryan giggs for their ability to stay at the top of the game for so long.

Despite moving on from the Premier League, 36-yaer-old Henry remains one of the biggest stars of Major League Soccer, while Giggs is still lining out regularly for Manchester United on the eve of his 40th birthday.

Wenger believes both players have
exceptional physical qualities which allow them to continue playing at the highest level.

“If I’m 20 per cent above the normal level at a young age and I drop 10 per cent, I'm still 10 per cent above everybody else. That's what happened to Ryan Giggs,”

Wenger explained to Arsenal
Player.
“What he has done is absolutely
exceptional. I always thought that RyanGiggs did not always get the reward or the recognition for his quality and his huge career because he did not play in the World Cup and the European
Championship.

“You look at his club career - it's
absolutely unbelievable. The quality of his performances show a masterclass at 40. What is very remarkable in his case is that
he has turned from being an individual player into being a good passer and a collective player.

“That is a very difficult transformation and that shows you that he not only had individual quality but the intelligence and
understanding of the game as well.
“People like Thierry Henry [also] had exceptional qualities. They would run 100 metres in 11 seconds when everybody else did it in 12.5 or 13. So if today they
are running it in 12, they are still quicker.

“They start from a huge potential and that's why at that age they can still survive, because they have the football intelligence. They had exceptional physical qualities at the start.”