Arsene Wenger agrees new Arsenal contract until 2017

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BREAKING NEWS: Arsene Wenger agrees new Arsenal contract until 2017

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/st...36718214209536

[Marc Overmars]

Will surely be his last contract.

Wenget.

[Özim]

I think it was pretty much the worst kept secret in football that he had a job for life if he wanted it.

[GP]

Great news

[Munchies]

Been given the full screen treatment on SSN

[milla]

Wenger

Arsenal

[Niall_Quinn]

Good stuff. Good this is sorted early, now on with the business of locating the chequebook.

[Xhaka Can’t]

For a long time I was hoping that he would move on and finish on a high with the FA Cup victory while leaving what essentially is a strong foundation for someone else.

But it's not to be. I was as much delighted for him that he finally won a trophy after what has been a challenging and frustrating era.

Maybe a renewed taste of victory, along with what should be financial freedom will give him a new lease of life. But I still think, what is missing and what could be our undoing over the next three years is a strong counterweight within the club to challenge and complement the skills that Wenger brings to the table.

[fakeyank]

For a long time I was hoping that he would move on and finish on a high with the FA Cup victory while leaving what essentially is a strong foundation for someone else.

But it's not to be. I was as much delighted for him that he finally won a trophy after what has been a challenging and frustrating era.

Maybe a renewed taste of victory, along with what should be financial freedom will give him a new lease of life. But I still think, what is missing and what could be our undoing over the next three years is a strong counterweight within the club to challenge and complement the skills that Wenger brings to the table.

[Letters]

It would be nice for him personally to have ended on a high but I'm not sure it would have been the right thing for the club. One of the criticisms of the club is that Wenger has too much influence. That may be true (while we're here, that's why he gets the big bucks, he's far more than a football coach - whether he should be is another debate) but it does mean that replacing him will not be easy. IMO we need to spend the next few years making that transition.

We've finally got the monkey off our back of not winning trophies, we've got new commercial deals in place which should see us more able to compete in the transfer market for years, we've got the feelgood factor of winning a trophy which gives everyone a lift. I don't think that's the right time to be changing manager with all the disruption that could cause.