Social media is becoming a problem nowadays; Wenger claims

Arsene Wenger says social media is becoming a growing
problem in football as he prepares to face Stoke City at the
Britannia Stadium on Saturday.

The Gunners lost the same fixture 3-2 last season with the
Arsenal team met by angry fans at Stoke train station as
they returned to London after the game.

Wenger says that while he did not take the verbal abuse he
received personally he does believes such behaviour is a
growing problem that stems from social media.

"At the time I took it as people who were upset because we
lost a game and didn’t take it personally," he told reporters.

"It was my function and the fact that I’m responsible for the
club that was attacked."

"I didn’t take it personally. I was sad and upset more by the
result than by the individual reactions of people, which I can
understand. When you love a club, you want the results to
be positive.

"But that problem, I see it in Europe. It exists a lot in France,
with disenchanted people coming out and having an
aggressive behaviour.

"It might be one of the problems that football has to face in
the coming years. You see it in many countries now, more
and more."

Wenger also feels that such incidents are likely to become
more prevalent in the future due to the power of social
media.

"It’s a more common thing now and I believe it will be a
problem in the coming years,! he told reporters. "Maybe with social networks everyone’s opinions are strengthened with other people who have the same opinion.

"Before, your opinion was a bit more isolated. Today it
straight away becomes a stream. People think the same
way and it becomes a force."