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Arsenal manager candidate Luis Enrique's staggering wage demands risk wrecking his chances

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Luis Enrique is in serious danger of pricing himself out of the Arsenal job.

Former Barcelona boss Enrique’s sky-high wage demands of £15million-a-year AFTER TAX - which would cost the Gunners in excess of £25m-a-year and dwarfs the outgoing Arsene Wenger's £8m annual salary - is one of the reasons they are looking at a younger option to fit into a revamped structure as a head coach rather than a manager.

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