Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is delighted for George Weah after he was elected president of Liberia.

The former Chelsea striker played for Wenger at AS Monaco.

Wenger declared this morning: "I would like to congratulate one of my former players, who became president of Liberia, George Weah.

"It is not often that you have a former player who becomes a president of a country and so well done Georgie and I would say just for him to keep his enthusiasm and his desire to learn and to win."