Why Wenger and Sven are a couple of old charmers
Arsene Wenger has been doing a game every day for French television station TF1.
That has meant he has been a regular face around stadiums and press boxes in South Africa.
And every time the Arsenal manager sees a familiar face in the press corps there's always a hello, quick chat and a handshake. He's got fantastic manners.
The other great charmer is Sven Goran Eriksson. I admit it. I was one of the press pack who would often sit in the front row of press conferences and give Sven a hard time when he was England manager.
And yet when Eriksson took over at Manchester City, there was always a smile, a hello and a handshake for those that gave him stick.
It's the same in South Africa. He always stops for a chat in mixed zones and says hello. A real charmer. If only every manager was as pleasant as Wenger and Eriksson.
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