Wenger thaws relations with Fergie?

Updated 14.46 Thu Apr 26 2007

Keywords: Steve Coppell, Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger has admitted Sir Alex Ferguson would get his vote as manager of the year.

Despite often feuding in the past Wenger confessed his admiration for what Ferguson has achieved this season, while adding that he also believed Reading manager Steve Coppell deserved a lot of plaudits.

"I feel this year Sir Alex Ferguson, because he's in a position to fight on every front, and Steve Coppell, who is in a position where nobody expected him to be" - Arsene Wenger

Answering a question about who was the the season's best manager, he said: "I feel this year Sir Alex Ferguson, because he's in a position to fight on every front, and Steve Coppell, who is in a position where nobody expected him to be and has a team who does not play negatively - they have a positive attitude everywhere they go."

Wenger, meanwhile, admits that the season has fallen flat for his young side following last term's run to the Champions League final.

"This year we had a massive disappointment, I feel overall, especially in going out of the Champions League the way we went out.

"But it's part of a growing process as well to handle this kind of disappointment and to still not let your disappointment stop your progression."