Kroenke: Wenger ‘very hard’ to replace
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ARSENAL remains “very high” on Arsene Wenger and it will be “very hard” replacing the manager who is in the final year of his contract, owner Stan Kroenke said yesterday.
Wenger this month celebrated 20 years in charge of Arsenal and has offered no indication whether he wants to sign a new deal into next season.
The 67-year-old Frenchman became the English Premier League’s longest serving manager when Alex Ferguson retired from Manchester United in 2013. United is now on its third manager in three years and has not competed for the EPL title since Ferguson’s departure.
In a rare interview about Arsenal, Kroenke noted the tricky post-Ferguson succession at United while discussing the challenge of eventually replacing Wenger.
“You see it (at United), you bring up a comment like that,” Kroenke said after Arsenal’s annual general meeting. “It’s very hard. He’s a great manager.”
Wenger signed his last three-year contract extension in 2014.
“We will sit down and discuss the future at the appropriate time,” Arsenal chairman Chips Keswick told shareholders at a meeting in London where Wenger didn’t address his contract situation in his speech.
Although Wenger has won the EPL three times, the last success came in 2004 — a drought which frustrates fans.
“He’s been a wonderful influence on the club,” Kroenke admitted.
“We are all very high on Arsene. We are (joint) top of the table right now.”
Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool are only separated on goal difference at the summit.
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