Wenger blasts breach of trust

Gunners boss disappointed sheet was leaked to press

By James Dall   Last updated: 24th September 2008

Arsene Wenger Bolton

Wenger: Displeased

Related links

Teams

Also see

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has insisted he has 'nothing to hide' after a motivational sheet was leaked to the press.

A confidential document that was handed to Gunners players prior to Saturday's 3-1 win at Bolton Wanderers was published in a number of newspapers on Tuesday.

Wenger admitted he was disappointed the sheet, which contained 224 words, was handed to the press and expressed his 'regret' at the lack of privacy demonstrated by the hotel in question.

"We have nothing to hide. We are very proud of the qualities which were on that sheet," the French coach maintained.

"This meeting was done by me and only by me. It is a shame that you cannot trust anybody any more in the hotel, but on the other hand we have nothing to hide.

Regret

"Basically what came out of this meeting, which we have done many times, was that we want to be humble to play for each other.

"What I regret is when you leave a sheet of paper with 'confidential' written on it in a five-star hotel is that you find it in the newspapers the next day.

"That means you cannot trust anybody in the hotels, and you pay a lot of money [to go there].

"You cannot accept this type of behaviour because if you leave £20 in a room, you do not find it again as well - it is the same."