Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has shot down claims he had eyes on taking over from Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, despite two meetings with former Red Devils chair Martin Edwards.

Ferguson famously planned to retire after the 2001-2 season and United decided that the Frenchman was the perfect replacement in the Old Trafford dugout. But Fergie changed his mind and stayed on until 2013.

Wenger insisted on Saturday that though he met with United bosses, he chose to stay at Ashburton Grove, going on to win the Premier League that year and achieved the seemingly impossible task of winning two years later while going undefeated.