I suppose that's how they'll play it. 2019 is shaping up to be a landmark (or more like landfill) event for football when the greedy "big5", simply can't get enough, never enough, football cash corporations pitch us their stinking Euro league. So ideally I suppose the bean counters would want Wenger to stay and manage their affairs up until that point, after which you could put a monkey in charge and still make huge profits. Hopefully this horrible track will be derailed, but I doubt it.