England manager latest: Why Arsene Wenger should not be considered an option to be the next Three Lions boss

ARSENAL are braced for a fight to keep boss Arsene Wenger from the clutches of England as the FA for the second time this summer go in search of a new manager.

Wenger, 66, has been in charge at Arsenal for 20 years, however the bulk of his success – including three Premier League titles and a Champions League final in 2006 – was during his first ten years at the club.

So is Wenger the man to take England on the road to glory?

SunSport says the FA must overlook the Frenchman in their search to replaced  the disgraced Sam Allardyce. Here are the reasons why.

Mentality

THE FA have long bemoaned the England ‘fear factor’ and want a manager to instil a winning mentality to take the squad on to challenge the worlds elite.

How can Wenger be the man for this when physical and mental strength are traits that have been sadly lacking in his teams since the ‘The Invincibles” of 2004?

His teams have been accused over the years of lacking fight and the mental toughness to go the distance in the title race.

Wenger’s squads have performed well at the tail end of the season when the league title is out of their reach and the pressure is off.

Defensive organisation

WENGER has been castigated in the past for his sides lack of defensive cohesion and some of his past signings vouch for that.

Oleg Luzhny, Igors Stepanovs, Sebastian Squillaci, Pascal Cygan, Phillipe Senderos and Johan Djourou and more recently £16million-man Calum Chambers on loan at Middlesbrough.

The Arsenal Achilles heel has always been their team shape and defensive organisation when they don’t have the ball.

His players have made the same defensive errors time after time which begs the question, has Wenger seen this and does he have the ability to rectify it?

The Three Lions have struggled defensively and that would be something the Frenchman would need to work at on the training pitch as soon as possible.

That would be a big concern for the FA bigwigs.

Poor record with English players

IF he is to become England boss, then he needs to work with English players.

Look at some of the homegrown talent Wenger has worked with in the past and currently.

Francis Jeffers was a big money signing and didn’t work out.

Have Jack Wilshere, Keiran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain progressed to be the players Gooners hoped they would be? How about Theo Walcott?

Ten years under Wenger’s guidance and he still way too inconsistent.

The jury is still out on Danny Welbeck despite his wretched run of injuries since moving south.

Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell are the exception to the rule, while it’s too early to judge the talented new kid on the block Alex Iwobi.

Wenger has only signed 11 English players in his two decades in North London. Remember Luke Freeman?

Blind spot for experienced players

WENGER has shown a real disregard for experienced players in the past.

Despite the call from some quarters to get rid of the older players and start afresh, just a look at the current England Under-21 squad list tells it’s own story.

Only Marcus Rashford, James Ward Prowse and Nathan Redmond are the only members of the current squad anywhere near playing regular top flight football.

The England midfield is a lot more youthful now than it has been in recent times.

But defensively, he may have to lean on the likes of Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka to help move forward.

Lack of organisation

WENGER’S managerial career has been based on a long term strategy.

International bosses have a limited window to work with their players. Could Wenger adapt to this way of working with players?

Just a few sessions to get his philosophy over until the next friendly or qualifier. The Frenchman doesn’t do short term basis.

Wenger will know as well as anyone, the England job is about results.

He can’t start talking about long term plans and the ‘potential’, he has constantly talked up at the Emirates without any real fruition.

This could come into sharp focus art the business end of a tournament when a result by any means necessary will be the order of the day.

Despite Dan Ashworth and his talks of ‘England DNA’ The FA will demands progress and results.

Just ask Roy Hodgson.

Lacking adaptability

THE Wenger style of play has not changed much in his time at Arsenal despite the profile of his players changing.

His ‘Invincibles’ team of 2004 was full of skill, speed, power, strength and was mentally robust.

For some reason he has refused to refer back to a formula that proved so successful 13 years ago, so why ignore the methods that made his out the dominant force in English football?

Tactics

IF Wenger were to lead England on the world stage then would he be able to tactically go head to head with the best?

Could he outwit German boss Joachim Low or French manager Didier Deschamps when it came down to the latter stages of a major tournament?

Wenger has a mixed record against the top bosses in the Premier League and has often been accused of not being able to see what is happening on the pitch and be able to change the course of a game.

A fundamental flaw that would no doubt be exposed against the best players and coaches on the world stage.

He never got the better of his nemesis Jose Mourinho and when he did get the better of Sir Alex Ferguson, he was never able to sustain his dominance by winning back-to-back league titles.

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