EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey

Arsene Wenger has told friends that he is preparing for his final season as manager of Arsenal, Goal.com can reveal. ( LMFAO )

The Frenchman has three years remaining on the new contract that he signed last summer but has privately conceded that his tenure at the club is coming to an end.

The longest-serving manager in Arsenal’s history has already begun considering other options in football because he fears his powerbase will eventually be diminished by new owner Stan Kroenke and has been shocked by the growing criticism he has received from supporters over the last 12 months.

Goal.com understands that Wenger met a Manchester City delegation led by chief executive Garry Cook and football administrator Brian Marwood at a hotel in Kensington, west London, in May although there is no confirmation that the Frenchman either sought to or was asked to replace Roberto Mancini at Etihad Stadium.

Nevertheless, the Arsenal manager held informal talks with the new owners of Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain this summer to discuss the prospect of him taking over as manager at the French club.

PSG - who have spent heavily on new players, including €43 million on Javier Pastore, over the last two months - targeted Wenger as their No.1 choice to use the club’s financial muscle to restore their place at the summit of French football and establish them among the Champions League elite. The club has not won Ligue 1 since 1994.

Wenger, who owns an apartment close to PSG’s Parc des Princes stadium, rejected the opportunity although he admitted in an interview with a Strasbourg TV station in June that he has long-standing friendships with senior officials at the club. It is believed that the Arsenal manager has had a loose arrangement for many years to advise PSG on transfers and recruitment strategy.

One source said that Wenger has established a “great relationship” with the French club’s Qatari investors, who could make another move for him if PSG underachieve this season under new sporting director Leonardo and coach Antoine Kombouare.

His relationship with Arsenal supporters has become increasingly tense over the last year, particularly after the club extended their trophy drought to six years following a disastrous finish to last season.

Wenger promised that he would be “very active” in the transfer market in the summer as he pledged to rebuild a team that has faded badly in recent campaigns and, while he has spent relatively large sums on two attacking midfielders, Gervinho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, with the new Premier League season about to kick off, he has yet to address the club’s chronic defensive frailties.

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If he this is his last season then why did he bought ( Chamberlain / Jol Cambpell / ....... )

goal.com wanting to get more hits to increase their own rating. Typical.

Why would you be shocked at the purchases of Chamberlain, Joel Campbell and the other young players he bought this season? It actually makes more sense, because he's preparing the team for the next manager who might not be as good as Arsene is when it comes to picking out talent

Iceman wrote:Why would you be shocked at the purchases of Chamberlain, Joel Campbell and the other young players he bought this season? It actually makes more sense, because he's preparing the team for the next manager who might not be as good as Arsene is when it comes to picking out talent

Well this could happen too , but still if he is going to another club then don't you think that he would prefer having this talents at the club that he is going to ?

Thats assuming he doesn't like Arsenal; but the truth is that he loves this club more than any other and would rather see us prosper than see a club like PSG prosper.

That being said, I wouldn't look too much into the report. This might be his last year but that doesn't mean that he will go to PSG. He might just retire altogether.

Goal.com

i would've believed it more if it said wenger was just going to retire. i cant see him taking the PSG job.


plus, it's goal.com

Just rumors, until there are sources more reliable than the ambiguous "people close to him" then we'll just see. After all, Goal.com has been reporting that Cesc is all but a done deal for the last two months.

MJGunner wrote:Just rumors, until there are sources more reliable than the ambiguous "people close to him" then we'll just see. After all, Goal.com has been reporting that Cesc is all but a done deal for the last two months.

u mean 2 years

imalegend wrote:

MJGunner wrote:Just rumors, until there are sources more reliable than the ambiguous "people close to him" then we'll just see. After all, Goal.com has been reporting that Cesc is all but a done deal for the last two months.

u mean 2 years

There you go

man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

ali8775 wrote:man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

Wenger needs to get his ass some new friends

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

Wenger needs to get his ass some new friends

Isn't he like 80 ? aren't his friends dead ?

that was low lol

ali8775 wrote:

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

Wenger needs to get his ass some new friends

Isn't he like 80 ? aren't his friends dead ?

that was low lol

I'll be his friend.

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

Wenger needs to get his ass some new friends

Isn't he like 80 ? aren't his friends dead ?

that was low lol

I'll be his friend.

Plus he doesn't need any old established friends. He can just grab a couple of 15 year olds from Costa Rica and South Hampton and form friendships with them

MJGunner wrote:

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:

MJGunner wrote:

ali8775 wrote:man, who are these conniving backstabbing friends? they can never keep their mouth shut hahahaha

Wenger needs to get his ass some new friends

Isn't he like 80 ? aren't his friends dead ?

that was low lol

I'll be his friend.

Plus he doesn't need any old established friends. He can just grab a couple of 15 year olds from Costa Rica and South Hampton and form friendships with them

hahahahahaha!!!!! LOOL !!!

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