Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger final programme notes revealed as he claims he will struggle without club in his life

ARSENE WENGER reveals he will struggle without Arsenal in his life.

The Frenchman will be in the dug-out at the Emirates for the final time against Burnley this afternoon, ending his 22-year reign at the club.

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The 67-year-old has penned his last programme notes ahead of the game and claiming he leaves special group of people behind in North London.

Wenger said: “What I will miss most about this job is the competition itself.

“The collective feeling, the sharing of emotions with people you work with on a daily basis, the desire to feel something together and the target you always have in front of you.

“I will miss the intensity of it all, because that’s all I have known in my life.

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“I’d say what has linked all my teams through the years is the desire to play as a connected team, at a high pace, and to make the players reach a complex form of collective football.

“That means involving at least three players every move, to express your talent, and make people feel that when football is expressed in a collective way and with a high understanding, it’s art.”

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Wenger will be given a guard of honour before the game from the Arsenal and Burnley players.

A host of legends who have played more than 100 games under Wenger – the likes of Emmanuel Petit and Martin Keown – have been invited to take part in a post-match celebration.

The game is expected to be a sell-out, and T-shirts with the words “Merci Arsene” will be left on all of the 60,000 seats in the stadium.

There have been suggestions a stand at the ground could be named after Wenger, but the club stress no decision has yet been taken on that.

Arsenal have also released a short video clip on social media thanking Wenger for his time at the club with some very personal word from the Frenchman.

#MerciArsene on twitter he says: “We want to be the club that gives someone chance who deserves it.

“To somebody who has a dream and is ready to fight for his dream.

“That’s initially the most dignified target the club can have is to influence people’s lives and give them a chance to be successful and transform dreams into reality.

Don’t be scared to be ambitious, it’s not a humiliation to have a high target and fail.

“The real humiliation is to have a target and not to give everything to reach it.”