Wenger's transfer deadline day trip to Rome was 'productive'

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says not even transfer deadline day was important enough for him to miss an audience with the Pope in Rome.

Wenger's transfer deadline day trip to Rome was 'productive'
Fri, 12 Sep, 2014 - 07:46

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says not even transfer deadline day was important enough for him to miss an audience with the Pope in Rome.

The Gunners boss came in for some criticism after he headed to Italy on September 1, when everyone else back in England was scrambling around to do some late business.

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