Agent rubbishes Wenger's Real link
Arsene Wenger will not be targeted as Real Madrid's new coach should Juan Miguel Villar Mir win the club's presidential elections.
Pedro de Filipe, a football agent linked strongly with the Madrid elections, believes Villar Mir's declaration that he wants Wenger as the new coach at the Bernabeu was announced purely as a vote-winner.
The presidential candidate claims to have spoken to the Arsenal manager and believes he can persuade the Frenchman to quit the Gunners.
But De Felipe dismissed Villar Mir's plans as a ploy to help him win the election.
The agent told Spanish newspaper AS: "The Wenger story and the candidacy of Villar Mir is false. All lies, completely false.
"I said the same thing about the (Carlo) Ancelotti story, going against everyone else, stating that, too, was a lie and time proved me to be right.
"The source of that false information was exactly the same as the one used now. The origin is the same and everyone knows what I am talking about.
"I shall go further. I will bet €300,000 that Wenger has not signed up with anyone and that on Monday July 3, Villar Mir will not present Wenger as coach.
"I shall place this amount of money with a lawyer if needs be. I am prepared, though, for them to prove me wrong and shut me up.
"I know that 20 days ago, there was a meeting in Paris. I know who was there and what happened.
"When the identity of the people who were involved comes out, many people are going to hide away.
"It is the same people that made up the story about Ancelotti. They will do anything to create expectations before the elections to play on the feelings of the fans and members again."
De Filipe also expects Wenger to deny that he is taking over at Madrid.
"(Wenger) will (deny it), in some form, very soon. Wenger, who I speak to often, has authorised me to state that his supposed commitment to Villar Mir and Carlos Sainz is an invention and that he has not committed himself to anybody.
"Some people try to sell smoke, but the fact is that Villar Mir and his whole team are smoking the pipes."
Meanwhile, Wenger has confirmed his interest in signing Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt.
The Dutchman wants to move to the Barclays Premiership and has been heavily linked with Newcastle and Arsenal.
Kuyt insists he will speak to Feyenoord about his future in the next few days and Wenger, covering Holland's second round World Cup game against Portugal for French television, admitted to checking on the striker.
"I went over to Feyenoord to check on him," said Wenger on French TV station TF1.
"He is a very generous player."
