By Victor Kanayo
Two great coaches in England – Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have become the first to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
They are also the first to be inducted as part of the ‘Class of 2023.’
The duo, who are being celebrated specially, won 16 Premier League titles between them.
They enjoyed long-term stay with Manchester United and Arsenal football clubs.
With 13 of those championships, Ferguson is the most decorated Manager in the history of the competition.
The 81-year-old Ferguson as the most successful premier league coach, is the only Manager to have won the Premier League three times in a row, doing so on two different occasions.
The guru eventually retired in 2013.
After arriving at Old Trafford in 1986, Ferguson helped turn the club back into one of English football’s juggernauts and went on to dethrone Liverpool as the club with the most top-flight English league titles.
Ferguson also won the inaugural Premier League title in the 1992-93 campaign and he would manage some of the game’s best players, during his incredible 27-year spell as Red Devils Manager.
Renowned for his brilliant leadership skills and ability to rebuild title-winning teams time and time again, Ferguson’s all-time Premier League record stands at 528 wins from 810 matches and 1,752 points accumulated.
On his part, Wenger’s 22 seasons in charge of Arsenal is a Premier League record. He won the Premier League three times and made history in 2003/04 as ‘The Invincibles’ became the only team to win the title while remaining unbeaten throughout the entire campaign.
Arriving as one of the first foreign managers in the Premier League in 1996, Wenger’s impact was instantaneous and remarkable.
He raised standards through a revolutionary football philosophy and commitment to playing attractive, attacking football, winning the title in 1997/98, his first full season with the club.
Wenger oversaw an astute transfer strategy, including scouting abroad for talent, which notably brought about the signings of fellow Hall of Fame members Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira.
He has managed a record 828 Premier League matches, including 476 wins and 199 draws. He was voted manager of the season in 1998, 2002 and 2004
