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Arsene Wenger: enemy of the big, puffy jacket in 2012

Jan 1, 2013, 5:28 PM EDT

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Not sure what it is about Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and his big, puffy jackets … but the man must have bought one while standing on ancient burial ground at some point. Because they really don’t seem to like him.

And thanks goodness – otherwise we wouldn’t have these to enjoy.

Nor would we be able to drop this zinger: “Puffy Jacket 2, Arsene Wenger 0”

Thanks to some of our Twitter friends for pointing out Wenger’s wardrobe impasses of 2012.  The first one below went viral just a few days ago.

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And this one is from almost exactly one year ago, barely into 2012.

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