Arsene Wenger to stand down as Arsenal manager

After almost 22 years in control of the Gunners, Wenger has introduced that the time is correct for him to depart the Emirates Stadium

Arsene Wenger has introduced that he’ll stand down as Arsenal supervisor on the finish of the season.

The 68-year-old took cost of the membership in 1996 and has guided them to 3 Premier League titles and 7 FA Cups, though in recent times his document has come underneath scrutiny.

Pressure mounted on the previous Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight boss when he failed to guide Arsenal into the Champions League for the primary time since 1996-97 final summer time, and with the Gunners struggling to achieve the Premier League prime 4 as soon as extra, he has determined to name it quits.

In a press release revealed on the membership’s official website, he stated: “After cautious consideration and following discussions with the membership, I really feel it’s the proper time for me to step down on the finish of the season.

“I’m grateful for having had the privilege to serve the membership for thus many memorable years.

“I managed the membership with full dedication and integrity.

“I wish to thank the workers, the gamers, the administrators and the followers who make this membership so particular.

“I urge our followers to face behind the workforce to complete on a excessive.

“To all of the Arsenal lovers deal with the values of the membership.

“My love and help for ever.”

Meanwhile, majority shareholder Stan Kroenke expressed his due to the Frenchman for his service to the north London aspect.

“This is one of the most difficult days we have ever had in all our years in sport,” he stated. “One of the primary causes we received concerned with Arsenal was due to what Arsene has delivered to the membership on and off the pitch. His longevity and consistency over such a sustained interval on the highest degree of the sport won’t ever be matched.

“Arsene has unparalleled class and we are going to all the time be grateful to him. Everyone who loves Arsenal and everybody who loves soccer owes him a debt of gratitude. Three Premier League titles, together with a whole season unbeaten, seven FA Cup triumphs and 20 successive years within the Champions League is an distinctive document. He has additionally remodeled the identification of our membership and of English soccer along with his imaginative and prescient for the way the sport could be performed.

“We have excessive ambitions to construct on Arsene’s outstanding tenure and to honour his imaginative and prescient by making certain that Arsenal competes for and wins the most important and most necessary prizes within the sport.

“We should now deal with making a robust end to the season and ask our hundreds of thousands of followers world wide to hitch us in paying applicable tribute to one of many greats of Arsenal’s historical past and one of many greats of the sport.”

Although the Gunners are out of competition for the highest 4, they’ll nonetheless attain the Champions League in the event that they win the Europa League. However, they should overcome favourites Atletico Madrid within the semi-finals, and will they win that both Marseille or Red Bull Salzburg lie in wait.

Arsenal, in the meantime, have indicated that they’re presently engaged on discovering a brand new supervisor and “will make an appointment as quickly as attainable”.