Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the first 経営者／支配人s to enter the 首相 League Hall of Fame, as Man 部隊d icon 明らかにする／漏らすs their スイスの dinner dates after 最初 説: 'Who is he?!'

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Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have become the first 経営者／支配人s to be inducted into the 首相 League Hall of Fame.

The 伝説の 二人組 won 16 首相 League 肩書を与えるs between them while developing a 猛烈な／残忍な 競争 over the years when managing their 各々の clubs, Manchester 部隊d and 兵器庫.

They are also the first to be inducted as part of the 'Class of 2023'.

Ferguson, 81, is the most successful 経営者／支配人 in 首相 League history and has won a 記録，記録的な／記録する 13 肩書を与えるs ??含むing winning the 肩書を与える for an 前例のない three seasons in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 on two separate occasions ? before retiring in 2013.

After arriving at Old Trafford in 1986, Ferguson helped turn the club 支援する into one of English football's juggernauts and went on to dethrone Liverpool as the club with the most 最高の，を越す-flight English league 肩書を与えるs.

Sir Alex Ferguson (left) and Arsene Wenger (権利) have been inducted into the 首相 League Hall of Fame ? the first two 経営者／支配人s to be given the honour

The 伝説の 二人組 設立するd one of the biggest 競争s in the 首相 League's history

Ferguson (left) 明らかにする／漏らすs he and Wenger (権利) have gone for dinner in Switzerland

Ferguson also won the 就任の 首相 League 肩書を与える in the 1992-93 （選挙などの）運動をする and he would manage some of the game's best players during his incredible 27-year （一定の）期間 as Red Devils 経営者／支配人.

Renowned for his brilliant leadership 技術s and ability to 再構築する 肩書を与える-winning teams time and time again, Ferguson's かつてない 首相 League 記録，記録的な／記録する stands at 528 勝利，勝つs from 810 matches and 1,752 points 蓄積するd.?

He was 指名するd 経営者／支配人 of the season 11 times and collected the 経営者／支配人 of the Month award on 27 occasions.

Ferguson said: 'I'm truly delighted to be inducted into the 首相 League Hall of Fame. It's an honour when you receive 承認 like this.?

'However, it's not just about me as a pe rson. It's about the 職業 at Manchester 部隊d and the 社債 we had over many years, so I'm also proud for the club, the staff and my players.

'My 職業 was to send the fans home happy. 部隊d's history and my own 期待s were the things that drove me, and I then had to try and develop all my players with the same 期待s and make sure we could go out and 達成する them.

'I feel Arsene is a very worthy inductee as he transformed 兵器庫 Football Club fantastically. They became a 堅い team to compete with and we both 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 勝利，勝つ, which 動機づけるd us その上の.?

'Through the years since 退職, we'd go for dinner together in a little restaurant he knows 井戸／弁護士席 in Switzerland. He is a really 利益／興味ing man and I enjoy his company, but it is still my 職業 to 選ぶ the ワイン!'

Ferguson is the most successful 経営者／支配人 in 首相 League history, winning a 記録，記録的な／記録する 13 肩書を与えるs

Ferguson won the 首相 League 肩書を与える in his final （選挙などの）運動をする as Manchester 部隊d 経営者／支配人

While Ferguson was there at the very start of the 首相 League, Wenger arrived in 1996 as one of the league's first foreign 経営者／支配人s.

The Frenchman made an instant 衝撃 and helped raise 基準s through a 革命の football philosophy while dedicating his teams to play attacking and attractive football.

Wenger managed to 勝利，勝つ the 首相 League 肩書を与える in his first 十分な （選挙などの）運動をする as 兵器庫 経営者／支配人 in the 1997-98 season, but five years beyond that would see him 達成する his greatest 業績／成就 to date.

Wenger made history in the 2003-04 season when his 兵器庫 味方する went the whole （選挙などの）運動をする unbeaten to 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える, with his 味方する 存在 dubbed the 'Invincibles'.

Wenger said: 'I am very 感謝する to have been selected for the 首相 League Hall of Fame. We always 手配中の，お尋ね者 to give something special to the fans and when you have players 有能な of remarkable things, the most important thing for me is the 義務 of perfection.

'I'd like to be known as someone who loved 兵器庫, who 尊敬（する）・点d the values of the club and left it in a position where it can grow and become even bigger.

'To 株 this with Sir Alex is a 広大な／多数の／重要な honour for me. It's like two boxers, you fight like mad and go the distance together.?

'At the end of the day, you have 尊敬（する）・点 and it will be a 広大な／多数の／重要な 適切な時期 to 会合，会う with him, 株 a good 瓶／封じ込める of ワイン and memories of our old 戦う／戦いs.'

Eight inductees were 指名するd as part of the 就任の group when the Hall of Fame was 開始する，打ち上げるd in 2021.

Wenger 持つ／拘留するs aloft his third 首相 League トロフィー while at Islin gton Town Hall in 2004

Wenger's 'Invincible' 兵器庫 味方する went the whole 2003-04 season unbeaten to 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える

Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Dennis Bergkamp and David Beckham made up the 初期の group before Paul Scholes, Didier Drogba, Peter Schmeichel, Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and Ian Wright joined them in last year's class.

This year's inductees will be 正式に honoured at a 首相 League Hall of Fame event in May.?

首相 League 大統領 Richard Masters said: 'We are delighted to welcome our first two 経営者／支配人s into the 首相 League Hall of Fame. Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger both made a remarkable 出資／貢献 to the history of football in this country.

'They brought unparalleled levels of success to Manchester 部隊d and 兵器庫 それぞれ, raising 基準s and thrilling fans with a 競争 which resulted in an astonishing 16 肩書を与える 勝利，勝つs between them.

'The dominance of Manchester 部隊d under Sir Alex remains 無敵の after he guided them to an incredible 13 肩書を与えるs across 21 首相 League seasons. To 持続する that level of success for such a long period means he is やめる rightly regarded as one of the greatest 経営者／支配人s of all time.

'Arsene was an innovator who was 井戸／弁護士席 ahead of his time, bringing 非常に／多数の changes to 兵器庫 that would be replicated at other clubs.?His teams played some of the best football we have ever 証言，証人／目撃するd and the Invincibles season is not only one of the greatest 業績／成就s in English football, but sport in general.'

The Hall of Fame 開始する，打ち上げるd in 2021, with 就任の inductees 含むing David Beckham, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Alan Shearer.

In 2022, Sergio Aguero, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Wayne Rooney, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, Patrick Vieira and Ian Wright, were the next group to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Ferguson (left) and Wenger (権利) strike their famous 提起する／ポーズをとるs after entering the Hall of Fame

Six of those already inducted have been managed by Ferguson (Cantona, Keane, Beckham, Rooney, Scholes and Schmeichel), while four have been coached by Wenger (Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira and Wright).

To be 適格の for the 首相 League Hall of Fame, individuals must have been retired as of 1 January 2023, and only an individual's 首相 League career is considered in their 立候補.

A shortlist of 15 former 首相 League players will be 適格の to enter this year's class, with the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） 存在 発表するd on Thursday, March 30. Fans will be able to help select three more 候補者s to join the 16 players already in the Hall of Fame.

投票（する）ing will take place at www.premierleague.com/halloffame and on the 公式の／役人 首相 League app until 6pm (UK time) on Monday 10 April.