Arsene Wenger suggests German team went out in part due to loss of focus due to political demonstrations

[PaulHartman71]

Yikes, pushing the Infantino FIFA line when England took the knee before the game and have been very outspoken on LGBTQ rights throughout the build up and tournament itself. 

It also comes off a bit disrespectful to Japan, a country he’s well respected in and spent a lot of time in. Japan didn’t knock Germany out because the German side were distracted and not focused, it was because they were simply much better on the pitch than them over the 3 games they played. 

[Rob1981]

Yeah, Wenger has just become a mouthpiece for FIFA the last few years.  This isn't even the most ridiculous thing he's said tbf.

Best just ignore it  

[themadsheep2001]

Yeah he sold out years ago, sad to see really 

[Coulthard's Jaw]

Basically whenever someone in football gets praised as some great intellectual or good politically, it's only by the very low standards that football sets.

[Pukey]

Did Argentina and Spain do a protest before their shock results? Did Belgium? Almost as if shocks happen in football regardless of political stances.

[DJ]

The sad thing is, that all the LGBTQ+ haters also jumped on those 3 seconds of protest to claim that that caused the early German exit. 

My stance is, that everyone saying the same firmly places themselves in that political spectrum. 

[enigmatic]

FIFA man gotta FIFA

Hope whoever wins it has their rainbow T-shirts for the celebrations.

[Heartwork]

Wenger continuing to ruin his reputation

[Weezer]

Wenger’s old school, similar mould to somebody like Souness. Doesn’t believe players can focus on more than one thing than football so of course he thinks anything else would be a distraction. Just like Pogba’s hair or his Instagram.

[Ackter]

Or hes being paid to be homophobic. Or he just is and it's only now coming out 

[ajw10]

I think it's clear that Pat Rice was the brains behind those successful Arsenal sides

[The Golden boy]

He's just a cuck for the FIFA dollars.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Needs to drop the last two letters in his first name with comments like that.

Decent documentary I'm watching on netflix right now on Fifa corruption called Fifa Uncovered, also another one on Prime as well, Kickback I think that one is. Incredible to how virtually most of the world has stood-by for decades allowing Fifa to become the monster of bribes and backhanders it is.