Arsenal fans compare manager Arsene Wenger to Robert Mugabe
9th March 2018
When is a football manager like a controversial ousted ruler?
Arsenal twitterdom has found an innovative way to call for an end to Arsene Wenger's 21-year tenure as manager: by comparing him to former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
Comparisons between the two men have been the basis for jokes all season long, but the meme really took off after Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Brighton over the weekend. And the heat on Wenger has only continued in advance of Thursday's Europa League match against AC Milan.
Thousands chimed in.
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I’ve always wondered what it would take for Wenger to be sacked. The guy has outlasted Mugabe. Truly invincible.
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Arsenal lost to Brighton away?
The boys at ArsenalFanTV were calling Wenger 'Arsene Mugabe', which is hilarious.
But seriously, how does he keep his job? Zidane is a legend at Madrid and brought them 2 Champs League trophies. Had they lost to PSG, even he would've been fired.
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Same way Kaunda came to speak with Robert Mugabe is the same way Fergie needs to go and have a chat with Wenger.
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Mugabe went in January. Castros' rule of Cuba set to end April 19. Wenger next?
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Levels of dictatorship:
1. Wenger
2. Mugabe/Hitler/Stalin/Gaddafi
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Source:BBC