Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that he was an admirer of former Nottingham Forest boss Brian Clough when starting out as a manager, and said that the manager was "on another planet". Clough, who took charge of Forest in 1975, claimed the first division title immediately after being promoted, while he also won two successive European Cups while in the Midlands. Arsenal meet Forest in the FA Cup on Sunday, and Wenger has hailed Clough as an influence on his own managerial career. "Of course, Clough was one of the ­managers I used to look at when I was a young manager," the Frenchman told The Mirror. "I looked at all the big managers who were successful....
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