However there have been many times when the manager has been guilty of unfathomable Gallic stubbornness, whether this was tangible in his previous spats with Alex Ferguson or in the contempt he has shown for certain referees in the EPL it has certainly been evident more than once.
In his latest Ill judged rant the Arsenal manager has shown that even the deepest of thinker should be careful of the lengths he goes too to defend the indefensible.
I was as surprised as everyone that the Gordon Smith took on Celtic's plight by making official complaints regarding the Eduardo incident, however the Arsenal boss feels that the fact that there is a Scot in the upper echelons of UEFA will lead to his player getting an unfair crack of the whip.
Someone should send him a copy of Tom Campbell's excellent book on Celtic's Paranoia!
"This case has been ruled emotionally by Scotland, the Scottish FA and Scottish people who are working at UEFA. Wenger said foolishly as he would no doubt be asked to explain his rather childish comments. What ruling has been made Arsene?
"They think this case is a bit more sensitive because they have more influence there." Rather than having to explain those words to UEFA, I would be happy if he could explain that non-sensical sentence to the general public.
"I believe that you can debate whether it was a penalty or not." I do disagree with that; you cannot debate anything as the cameras clearly show that Artur Boruc made no contact whatsoever with the Striker.
" For me it's a witch-hunt that we see and not an objective judgement of a case.
"This charge implies there was intent and a desire to cheat the referee. Having watched the pictures again there was nothing conclusive.
"It singles out a player in Europe to be a cheat and that is not acceptable. UEFA has taken action that is not defendable."
Now I feel I have to stop you right there Arsene, as this is where any last piece of remaining logic flees like a rat deserting a diving ship. If you go down in the penalty box voluntarily, then there is a fundamental desire to cheat. There can be no debate regarding this fact. You said earlier that the only debate should be whether or not it was a penalty, so if a review panel or some such UEFA equivalent decides that he did not go down under contact, would you not concede that this is cheating?
Give it up Arsene, you are a respected manager who should not attempt such a pointless crusade in support of a player who quite clearly cheated.
Yours in Celtic
Clydebuilt