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Arsene Wenger’s spell as Arsenal boss is set to come to an end with the Gunners board lining up Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola as his replacement this summer according to the Daily Mail.
Arsenal were dumped out of the FA Cup after crumbling 2-0 to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday meaning that the Gunners’ only hope for silverware will be if they can miraculously overturn a 4-0 first-leg defeat to AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League.
Highly unlikely, if not impossible meaning that Arsene Wenger’s men have been all-but resigned to a seventh successive season without a trophy and the possibility of missing out on next season’s Champions League looming large as the club continues its terminal decline.
In the wake of Wenger’s freefall from a once great coach to one who is painfully deluded, flustered and lacking in ideas as well as innovation, the Arsenal board led by majority shareholder Stan Kroenke have made plans to move beleaguered boss Arsene Wenger upstairs and bring in Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola to take the reins as early as June.
Guardiola has just months left on his current Barcelona contract and has remained very coy on whether or not he will extend his stay with the Spanish and European champions.
‘I can’t be at such a demanding club without being certain that I have the strength to do it,” he told reporters when quizzed about his future in the Camp Nou dugout.
‘I still don’t have it clear in mind. When I am sure then the club will know. To renew my contract, I have to feel it. We have been together for four years and the decision needs to be thought out thoroughly.
“I feel that it is better to have a bit more time. If that is okay then fine, if not then too bad. I have to be true to myself,” he added.
Despite his uncertainty, the Daily Mail is reporting that the Spaniard is ready to take on a new challenge with a move to North London now likely.
Such happenings will bring the curtain down on Arsene Wenger’s 16-year stint with Arsenal having first joined the club in 1996 and guiding them to two doubles, three FA Cups, as well going through an entire league season unbeaten in 2004.
The news will be welcomed by many Gooners who have become disillusioned with Arsene Wenger and the direction he is taking the club to although there also exists a pocket of fans who remain defiant and loyal to the Frenchman.
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