Conte on FA Cup final: Moses was exhausted, he didn’t dive intentionally
However, Wenger was given a boost by Saturday’s 2-1 win over champions Chelsea in the FA Cup final and was given the backing of the club’s board at a meeting on Tuesday.
Chelsea were chasing a Premier League and FA Cup Double, but instead the double was Arsenal’s: a record 13th FA Cup success and an unprecedented seventh triumph in the competition for Wenger.
Some fans have become increasingly frustrated with Wenger’s failure to win a Premier League title since the “invincibles” side of 2003-04.
After our long period of uncertainty over Le Prof’s future, it would seem that the bookies and gamblers are now certain that Wenger will be renewing his contract and he is as short as 1/5 on to stay.
Arsenal suffered a humiliating 10-2 aggregate defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League, leading to months of protests from supporters calling for Wenger to end his 21-year reign.
Speculation over the Frenchman’s future has been rife in recent months but despite a backdrop of supporter unrest, he has now committed to the club with a fresh deal that will extend his reign to nearly 23 years.
Arsenal have not qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years – and many would believe an FA Cup triumph would be the ideal parting point, allowing Wenger to go out on a high and a successor to usher in the new era.
“It’s very important to understand that this season for us was incredible”.
With Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, Gabriel and Kieran Gibbs all unavailable in a defensive selection crisis, the former Germany global was named in the starting line-up by Arsene Wenger for the first time since April 2016.
Cascarino believes the 67-year-old should have gone out gracefully after ending this season on a high by beating Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup final.
I just think it is such a silly decision to stay on.
Quizzed if he had prepared a presentation for the meeting, Wenger was quoted by espnfc saying: “The best presentation is to watch the game”.
“But when a game starts you support your team”.
“But, at Arsenal, he’s got total dominance”.
‘We are at the end of the season and a lot of players are exhausted and then there is a lot of pressure’. I love to build, I love to get people going and I love what I do.