Do you still want Wenger as Arsenal manager?

[Kano]

Instead of saying Wenger is directly linked to profit, I should have said he is the root of all of the profit we make.

The stadium move was down to his brilliance in the transfer market, and everything about our premier 'product' our business offers (the team) is down to his actions.

He's been here 14~ years and helped shape the club from top to bottom, in the way we're viewed as well as smaller things like fitness, style of play, attractiveness to fans and so on. He's far more influential than some marketing director who decides what stance Theo should be in as he poses for the new shirt.

Not sure how difficult it is to understand why a manager entirely in charge of a club's vision gets far more importance, influence and control than what you'd term a 'low level director' (those of which we also have, and probably decide what colour the urinals in the stadium toilets are).

well the marketing comparison was due to your initial statement, so in the context of your original post, it fits.

what you seemed to have misread was the point about his position in the grand scheme of decision making for the club strategy every year. if you read my posts you'd see i'd say that he is not in 'full control', as the other poster i was debating this with was suggesting. i'm not sure why you are stuck on the term 'lower level director' which in the pecking order of power at the club, he is. the ceo, the owner(s) and the chairman would control business decisions first and foremost whilst wenger would be asked his opinion.

he has influence and control of other areas of the club of course, that has been made very clear but anyone that thinks kroenke and usmanov would be handing over the full set of keys to wenger, are barmy.