Arsene Wenger has confirmed for the first time that he has turned down several opportunities to manage Paris Saint-Germain and claimed that his Arsenal squad is the strongest of his entire 20-year tenure at the club.

As revealed previously by The Telegraph, Wenger has long been the dream manager of PSG’s Qatari owners and the French sports newspaper L’Equipe reported on Monday that Wenger had rejected three separate approaches in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Wenger arrived in the French capital last night ahead of his first match against PSG as Arsenal manager and, when asked about L’Equipe’s claims, explained why he had decided to stay in England amid the chance to join a project that would have given him an almost unlimited transfer budget. “Because I love where I am,” said Wenger. “I know well the owners [at PSG], but I feel always I remained loyal to Arsenal Football Club because I think it's a club that has the qualities I love. And, that's why.”