Arsenal's Arsene Wenger Draws Doodle Before Olympiakos Game: What Does It Mean?

Maybe Arsene Wenger has inadvertently revealed his masterplan ahead of Arsenal's do-or-die Champions League match against Olympiakos on Wednesday night.

Maybe Wenger is starting to think bigger-picture ventures like his midfielder Mathieu Flamini.

Or, perhaps the Gunners boss is just guilty of the entirely forgivable crime of boredom during a press conference.

At any rate, a doodle by the Frenchman while speaking to journalists in Athens has become a key talking point ahead of the match, thanks to the eyes of Matthew Dunn of the Daily Express.

Dunn writes that science suggests "our semi-conscious drawings inadvertently reveal a multitude of characteristics about ourselves."

So what do we read into Wenger's drawing?

Dunn goes on to quote Elaine Quigley, a senior fellow of the British Institute of Graphologists:

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"At first glance it looks like a space ship—that suggests very 'big' thinking. A significant issue.

“Certainly the four circles are significant—he clearly feels there are four key areas to this game. His four attacking players perhaps, given the state of the game.

“Colouring in the circles places a lot of emphasis on four individual areas—all his intensity is focused there.

“And there is also a sense of lines coming out of a pair lips—he feels a need to communicate to his main four players what it is they need to do. But the fact they are closed shows he is confident they will be inspired by him without him actually having to talk to them. Either way, that information is key.

“With the two bottom circles being bigger, there is also a sense it is a vehicle of some sort—perhaps going on a journey somewhere. Hopefully for Arsenal fans it is a journey to the knockout stages!”

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Arsenal need a win, with a few complex permutations, to advance from Group F and into the last 16.

[Express]