5 potential destinations for Arsene Wenger

China

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When it has come to his career, Wenger has never been afraid to take a gamble. This was best exemplified in 1995, when, a year after being sacked by Monaco, he elected to move to Japan to manage Nagoya Grampus Eight.

At that stage, Japan barely had a professional league worthy of note, but it was an exotic challenge that the manager felt he needed to escape the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the European game.

“I couldn't understand what people were saying to me or what they were writing in the newspapers, so I didn't have that to worry me,” he said of his experience in the Far East. “I realised that football was what I enjoyed. The rest is just people’s opinion.”

Wenger’s philosophy towards the game hasn’t changed, which means that the China national team post could be of interest.

Marcello Lippi is currently the man in possession of the post, but he reportedly wants out, which could be convenient for the 68-year-old Frenchman.

He wouldn’t be taking this job out of desire for money, it would be his spirit of adventure and desire to sample a new culture that would be the driving force for this move. But even for Wenger, it would be a left-field move.