Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger Reportedly Turns Down Lucrative Offer From China

Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger "rejected a stunning offer from China to make him the highest-paid manager in the world since revealing he will not retire, whether or not he remains at Arsenal beyond the end of the season," according to Matt Law of the London TELEGRAPH. An unnamed Chinese club was prepared to pay Wenger £30M ($37.2M)-a-year net, "twice the salary of the current best-paid manager," Man City’s Pep Guardiola. The offer "dwarves the two-year extension" that Arsenal has offered Wenger, which would pay him about £10M ($12.4M) per year, but "joining the Chinese football revolution is not an attractive proposition for him." Even if he "leaves the Emirates in the summer, Wenger would most likely snub any renewed offer from China" in favor of taking a job in one of Europe’s top leagues. Real Madrid, which has "tried to appoint him in the past, is thought to be Wenger’s preferred destination" away from Arsenal if it decides to make a change (TELEGRAPH, 2/28).