Arsene Wenger is pleased to see Monaco back competing at the top level of club football, as he prepares to meet them in the UEFA Champions League last 16. Wenger spent seven years at the principality club in the late 1980s and early 1990s, guiding them to Ligue 1 glory in 1988 and the Coupe de France crown three years later. A move to Japan with Nagoya Grampus Eight followed, before Wenger really established his name with a switch to Arsenal, where he has remained manager since 1996. The two sides meet at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday for the first leg of the tie, and Wenger is expecting a difficult encounter against the 2004 runners-up. "We have had 17 consecutive seasons in this...
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