Various newspapers are reporting that Arsene Wenger will be assured he is the man to revive Arsenal’s fortunes at a board meeting with the club’s American owner Stan Kroenke today.
The club have confirmed the manager will meet Kroenke, who arrived in London to watch Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League, after training.
Despite fan discontent with the team, Wenger is said to be under no threat from the board and his contract, which runs to 2014, is expected to be fulfilled by both sides.
Wenger was reported to have been shocked by the gulf in class between Arsenal and Bayern on Tuesday, and he will be told there is significant money to spend this summer. Failure to finish in the top four could affect his plans, but reports suggest that Wenger will be giving around £75m net to spend on new players this summer.
We have heard that before, and that kind of transfer spending has never materialized, but if it does happen, some of the players linked with a move to Arsenal include Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic, Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, Borussia Dortmund attacker Mario Gotze and midfielders Victor Wanyama of Celtic and Toulouse’s Etienne Capoue.
Not a fan of Reina, think Valdes would be better, while Jovetic and Gotze are very talented. The challenge in attracting these types of players is whether they would come to Arsenal if the Gunners cannot offer them Champions League football next season?
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If you like sign wenger 11year contract you are going we dnt w
ant you again KROENKE …..FU*K you kroenke and gizard
Just sell ye share to someone that wants a future for arsenal,get a new manager and coaching staff and we will be up and running again.
Everyday the same oldstory, last year it was the same, now their saying it again f’lish people and baseless board members.
Would much rather following the model of big spending Chelsea and change managers as often as the owner changes his underwear.