Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insisted England's U-17 World Cup final triumph was further proof of the increasing success of his adopted country's once much-derided youth system
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insisted England's U-17 World Cup final triumph was further proof of the increasing success of his adopted country's once much-derided youth system. England beat Spain 5-2 in Saturday's final in Kolkata to add to England's growing list of youth honours — they have won the U-20 World Cup and European U-19 championship this year — and was revenge for losing the U-17 European Championship final to Spain in May.
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And Wenger, in charge of the Gunners since 1996, was delighted by England's recent youth results and even talked of "we" following Saturday's latest success. "I'm so happy because I've been here for 20 years and for 20 years we didn't do so well with the youth," Wenger said after Arsenal won his 800th game as EPL manager with a 2-1 victory at home to Swansea on Saturday. "Now we have won the U-17 (World Cup) and the U-20 for the first time since I'm here (in England). "It shows that since they restructured the (youth) academies and dedicated a lot of work to that, you have the results."
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