I'll manage somewhere next season: Wenger
Feb 17, 2017 - 2:20 PM Arsene Wenger says he will definitely still be a football manager next season, whether at Arsenal or somewhere else.Wenger said he would make a decision in March or April on whether to extend his 20-year spell at Arsenal and left open the possibility that he would walk away from the north London club and into another job.
The second longest-serving manager in the history of the Premier League, Wenger is out of contract at the end of the season.
He has not won the league title since 2004, and calls for him to end his association with Arsenal have grown louder since the team's 5-1 Champions League thrashing at Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
That first-leg defeat is almost certain to condemn Arsenal to their seventh successive Champions League exit at the competition's first knockout stage.
"I will decide (my) future in March or April, but I don't (exactly) know when," Wenger said.
"I speak to the board, but I don't want to speak about how they view my future. What's important is the club, not my future. No matter what happens, I will manage next season, whether it is here or somewhere else. That is for sure."
Arsenal have consistently qualified for Europe's elite club competition, but their failure to progress to the end of the competition has become a problem for Wenger
Their inability to turn promising domestic season starts into sustained title challenges has also left Wenger vulnerable to criticism, and former players are now joining in a chorus of disapproval.
Former Arsenal captain Martin Keown described Wednesday's defeat as Wenger's "lowest point", while ex-defender Lee Dixon added: "This team is getting no response from him. I've never seen him like that."
With Arsenal fourth in the Premier League table and trailing leaders Chelsea by 10 points with 13 games to play, the FA Cup appears once again to be the North London club's last hope for silverware this season.
It was the subject of Wenger's future, however, that dominated the manager's news conference.
"We have to focus on the real problems and they are the way we play football, not my future ... Even if I go, Arsenal will not win every single game in the future," he said.
Source: AAP
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