progress of French clubs [domestic League and in Europe].
The Frenchman started his managerial career in France - guiding Metz
and Monaco, Le Professeur won the Ligue1 crown 22-years ago with the
latter and took them to the 1992 Cup winners Cup final.
country's League and he attributed the success to a lot of factors:
"French clubs on the rise. They are not quite at the level of the
English and Spanish clubs. But they are definately in the right track.
Ligue1 is a lot stronger than it was three years ago, for example.
There is a lot more money from telivision rights and they have created
some football specific tax breaks.
That has allowed them to hold on to a few important players such as
Bordeaux's Yohan Gourcuff and also attract some big foreign players
such as Lisandro Lopez at Lyon and Lucho Gonzalez at Marseille,"
Wenger concluded.
