Wenger appeals for privacy after affair claims

Wenger appeals for privacy after affair claims

Published Nov. 6, 2010 8:55 a.m. ET

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has appealed for privacy after a British newspaper carried a front-page story alleging he had an affair with a French singer.

Saturday's edition of The Sun published pictures of the married 61-year-old Frenchman meeting a woman it identified as 39-year-old Sonia Tatar on Thursday in Paris. The paper alleged the two have had a two-year relationship.

Wenger said in a statement that ''this is a very serious matter. I do not intend to make any comment and wish to deal with the matter privately.''

Arsenal says it considers the allegations to be a ''strictly a private matter and we ask that the privacy of Arsene and his family be respected.''

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Wenger has been the Arsenal manager since 1996.

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