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Thu 11 Nov 2008Arsenal becoming anglicised
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE:ARSENE WENGER could not suppress the smile as he laid down a challenge rich in irony. "I think if Fabio Capello wants to have a good selection now, he has to come to our Carling Cup games," the Arsenal manager said.
In the past, the very notion of Wenger advising an England manager to make himself a fixture at Arsenal matches would have invited derision. For years, Wenger's first-team squad was packed with overseas talent, but its underbelly has now acquired an English flavour.
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