Aston Villa manager Remi Garde has showered praise on Arsene Wenger for building Arsenal as a football club from the ground up.
Garde was Wenger's first signing when the ex-Monaco boss became Arsenal manager in 1996, and 19 years later, the pair lock horns for the first time from opposing dugouts - live on Super Sunday.
Arsenal reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League for the 16th successive season in midweek and Garde insists Wenger is as hungry for success now as he was when he played under his compatriot.
"I've got a lot of admiration because I realise how tough this job is in the Premier League, how difficult it is to keep a job and get results," said Garde.
"This is the first side (of the job) and then I remember the club at Arsenal 20 years ago without training facilities, without a modern stadium like they have today.
"All this has to be credited to Arsene.
"A football club is not only the results you get today but also how you will build for the future for yourself or for another manager for or another chairman or owner.
"It's part of the credit you have to be given to see where was the club when you got the job and where is it now - not only in terms of trophies. Of course trophies are the main target all the managers have but also to get trophies in the long term and to build a solid club you have to build other stuff. For that Arsene has done brilliantly.
"I think you have to dedicate all your life to football and I'm not sure that Arsene had long holidays or many days off since he took the job at Arsenal. And then you have to be completely focused and more than focused, you have to live for football and your football club.
"For some characters and personalities it is more difficult than for others. Arsene has always lived for football and he has been rewarded for that.
"For me he still has the spirit to get trophies and he probably still feels strong enough to get trophies."
Jack Grealish is in contention to start the Super Sunday clash with Arsenal, live on Sky Sports 1, after the 20-year-old was omitted from the first-team squad for the last two games for a breach of club discipline.
Leandro Bacuna and Rudy Gestede came off injured against Southampton last weekend but are expected to be fit for Sunday, but skipper Micah Richards is still struggling with the knee problem which ruled him out at St Mary's.