Football: Wenger in line for new deal

LONDON: Arsene Wenger is set to be offered a new contract with Arsenal despite the club’s seven-year trophy drought, according to chief executive Ivan Gazidis. Wenger has been unable to find a solution to Arsenal’s fall from grace since they won their last trophy, the 2005 FA Cup, and a host of top players, including Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, have left the club in frustration at their failure to compete for major honours. But Gazidis is adamant the 62-year-old remains the right man for the job. “It’s not a sense of sentimentalism, not a reward for our services, it’s a belief that we have an incredible manager who loves this club and is the best man to lead us forward,” said Gazidis. “We hope and believe that Arsene will be a part of that as we move forward. He is written into our DNA.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2012.