Ferguson and Wenger Turn to Pace of Youth Rival Managers Sense a Power Shift in Europe, Writes Derick Allsop

The Sunday Telegraph London (April 09, 2006)

Author: Derick Allsop

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TODAY'S MEETING of Manchester United and Arsenal may ultimately prove academic in the context of this season's Premiership contest, but Sir Alex Ferguson believes it could set the tempo for the future of the game in England and Europe.

The United manager and his counterpart at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, have rarely seen eye-to-eye across the years of intense rivalry for domestic supremacy, yet their common faith in young players and high- speed football is promising to bring them out of Chelsea's shadow and forge a more consistent challenge for the Champions League.

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Ferguson and Wenger Turn to Pace of Youth Rival Managers Sense a Power Shift in Europe, Writes Derick Allsop

Although United's fresh-faced revival came too late to spare them ignominious expulsion from the continental arena, they have closed to within seven points of Chelsea in the Premiership. Arsenal, who fell even fu...

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