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Arsene Wenger thinks football players can learn from rugby team spirit

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stuck by his comments that Anthony Martial is more of a winger than a striker, despite the 19-year old's blistering start to life at Old Trafford. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes football can still learn a thing or two from the team ethics of rugby union. The veteran French coach spent some time with the Rugby World Cup squad for Les Blues at a dinner function earlier this week, before Philippe Saint-Andre's men took in training at the Premier League club's Hertfordshire base on Friday. Wenger feels the "true solidarity'' of rugby brings a unique approach that football could do well to heed. "If you want to play, you have first to be...
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