Wenger comes up against former club Monaco on Wednesday in the last 16 of the Champions League.
And speaking ahead of the clash with the French outfit, Wenger has spoken about his trip to Arsenal's former ground Highbury, where he claims he first fell for the north London giants.
"I remember the first time I visited Highbury, I was on my own and it was January 2, 1989,” Wenger told Arsenal Magazine.
“I had been in Turkey two days earlier watching Monaco’s next opponents in the European Cup and I had to fly back on January 1, but I saw that in England they play football at that time of year so I decided to fly back from Ankara to France via London to watch a game first.
“I immediately thought that football in England was great. There was a fantastic atmosphere at Highbury and I just wondered ‘is everywhere like this? - even at that time I thought it would be great to be part of that.
“Obviously on that day I could never imagine that I would come back one day as manager, it was not even in my head.
"It was just a coincidence because on that day I first met [former vice-chairman] David Dein and from then on we developed a friendship.”
Wenger was appointed Arsenal boss in September 1996 and has gone on to manage more than 1000 games for the club, winning three Premier League titles and five FA Cups.
