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Managing at a World Cup tempting for Wenger

Arsene Wenger has hinted he could pursue a future in international football when he eventually leaves Arsenal.

The Frenchman has been in charge of the Gunners since 1996 and signed a two-year extension in May despite speculation he could leave the Emirates Stadium after missing out on Champions League qualification last season.

"Maybe yes I will do it at some stage but until now I like to be involved every day in the life of a club because the real test is there," the Arsenal boss told beIN SPORTS.

"Four or five weeks is a different experience, it's more concentrated but I believe the real experience to manage a team is on a daily basis.

"But I will not always have the physical strength to do that so maybe I will move into that [international coaching].

"Of course [it is tempting], I haven't decided that, it's just a fact that my life is linked with football, in what way will be linked to my physical state.

"But until the end of my life I will be in football. I don't know in what kind [of role] as a director, as a manager – as long as possible as a manager. But one day that will stop. But I will stay in football of course."

And he has not ruled out being on a bench at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, adding: "Maybe, you never know!"