Arsene Wenger warns Chelsea and Tottenham and gives shock Emirates admission

Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal fans don't feel at home at the Emirates

ARSENE WENGER has warned Chelsea and Tottenham of the difficulty of moving grounds - and admits Arsenal fans still don't feel at home at the Emirates.

 

Chelsea and Spurs are looking at their options as they look to move away from Stamford Bridge and White Hart Lane.

They are likely to move into Wembley temporarily - something which Wenger regrets doing with Arsenal.

And the Arsenal boss believes it takes time for the fans to feel at home in a new stadium. 

 

He also says he still feels at a disadvantage with the fans not feeling comfortable despite being there for nearly 10 years.

"When you move into a new stadium, you have to feel at home," he told the Arsenal website.

"You have to feel that it is the right place for you. That is only created by the history that you build slowly through the games.

"I still think it's a little bit of a disadvantage, even for the fans, they do not feel completely at home, and that can transmit to the players.

 

Arsenal moved into the Emirates in 2006

"That was a big problem for us. In hindsight it was maybe a mistake to move to Wembley, but we had no real choice as UEFA did not accept us holding the games at Highbury.

"Looking back today, I say it was a handicap for us.

"The players were comfortable at Highbury and the teams that visited us weren't comfortable. Suddenly it was like we were playing games on a neutral ground, basically."