Arsenal Chairman Sir Chips Keswick Comments on Arsene Wenger’s Future

But Henry is concerned his old side may not be playing in the continent’s elite club tournament come September.

“Arsene Wenger must go” was The Sun’s stark verdict, while the Daily Mirror’s chief football writer John Cross, who published a biography of Wenger in 2015, said the Bayern rout “must represent the endgame”.

Wenger has spent 21 years at the Arsenal helm but his star has faded in recent years after delivering Premier League titles earlier in his Gunners career.

The manner of the 10-2 aggregate drubbing has only enraged the Emirates crowd further as Arsenal were embarrassed by the Germans.

Assuming Iwobi recovers on time, he would have played a maximum of two games for Arsenal in March before the meeting with the West African opponents.

“I take that on myself”. “I stayed there (watching it) because it is interesting on a psychological front to see how they respond, I wanted to see how Barcelona finished the game and in fact they had half given up”.

In the meantime, Arsenal return to the Emirates on Saturday for an FA Cup quarter-final against non-league Lincoln City.

“I can only say, if things don’t work out, I’ll be the player with the league’s best assists”, he added with a grin having set up nine league goals this season. “Some Arsenal fans might be going there wanting us to win”. But Arsenal have not won the league since 2004, and the club has never won the Champions League.

“I tried to tell them if we play like we can then we will be all right, but we still had to show them the respect that we would do any other team”.

It is certainly not as straightforward as simply expecting some sort of backlash from the Gunners after a hugely torrid week for them and Arsene Wenger. We played very well.

Whether it’s from Arsene Wenger, from the board, from Stan, any clues as to what is happening or what may happen next would be most welcome.

The 67-year-old is now in his 21 season at the helm of the Gunners and has reportedly an offer to extend his expiring contract for another two years on the table.