The biggest challenge at Arsenal this summer doesn’t rest on the man who will attempt to fill Arsene Wenger’s almighty void, rather the board that will need to choose the right successor despite their abundant lack of experience within the realms of hire and fire – something that cost Manchester United so dearly upon Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013. Indeed, most Premier League boards are almost too well acquainted with such practices, such has been the dramatic shift towards short-termism in English football since Arsenal appointed Wenger back in 1996. Arsenal’s current board though, have never been faced with that problem – they’ve never been involved in that...
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