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'His story will make a marvellous film' – Arsene Wenger on George Weah's meteoric rise

The Frenchman is full of praise for his former ward who overcame a tumultuous start in football to eventually rule his country

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has described George Weah’s story as a miracle that 'will make a marvellous film'.

The three-time African Footballer of the Year succeeded Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as the President of Liberia after his victory over opposition candidate Joseph Boakai at the polls in December 2017.

And Wenger has disclosed how his friend, Claude Le Roy, now head coach of Togo’s national team, introduced him to the Liberian before signing him from Cameroonian side Tonnerre Yaounde in 1988 to Monaco.