Wenger has managed The Gunners for over 12 years, securing the Premier League and FA Cup in the same season on two occasions as well as guiding the side to the 2006 Champions League final. 

His side have become synonymous with 'beautiful football', displaying elegance and technique as they established themselves as one of the top teams in European football, and many believe the north Londoners have come closest of all the club sides in recent years to the Brazilian style of play.

Arsenal's inconsistent start to the season - the side currently lie in fourth-place in the Premier League - has led to calls from some quarters for a change in style, however, but Wenger has reiterated his belief that, should his men manage to replicate the level of football that the great Brazil teams of the 1970s and others displayed, the club will enjoy continued success.

"We play this way because we feel it is the best way to win trophies. It is always best to win with style," Wenger said.

"Who has won the most trophies in the world? Brazil. Who played the best football? Brazil. So why should we oppose that?"

At the Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), the focus of each session is on the individual child's technique, using the size two, weighted Futebol de Salao balls to improve all aspects of a player's game.

The organisation's founder, Simon Clifford, has set his sights on producing an entire England team of BSS players, each with the ability to match and better their overseas counterparts, and he believes advocates of the Brazilian game like Wenger will ensure that football remains the most popular sport in the world.

"We're yet to see a side match Brazil in terms of combining style and substance," Clifford said. "Arsenal come close on occasions, and when they do hit form they destroy teams, but they still struggle to maintain the level of consistency required to win the Premier League and Champions League year on year.

"Wenger's main problem, perhaps, is that he gets players too late, after they have already been conditioned to play an entirely different way which is less entertaining and ultimately - as England prove - less successful.

"What we're doing at BSS is placing emphasis on the early development, giving the child the equipment they need to become the ultimate footballer first, and then teaching them about tactics and other elements of the game - quite the reverse of what happens in conventional coaching set-ups."