Wenger: Adams needed time

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Portsmouth moved too early to sack his former captain Tony Adams as boss at Fratton Park – and has also revealed the dismissal of Luiz Felipe Scolari by Chelsea came as a “massive surprise”.

The Frenchman is the second longest-serving manager in the top flight, having taken over in September 1996 before going on oversee the most successful period in the north-London club’s history.