I first got an Arsenal season ticket in 1996. Three months later Arsène Wenger joined the club– he’s been there ever since, and so have I, through two different stadiums, three league titles, two European finals and more FA Cup victories than any other manager in history. The man has dominated my life as an Arsenal supporter, for better and for worse. He’s one of the greatest managers the club has ever – will ever – have. But the news of his departure brings nothing but relief.
Relief because the last 10 years of his 22 at Arsenal have felt like a gradual decline for a club used to challenging for the title – lifting it around every decade on average. But also relief because it’s come with three home games still to come. Three games at the stadium he helped to build where rather than pitiful Wenger Out signs, rows of empty seats and grumbling, the Arsenal faithful can give the man the send-off he deserves.
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