When Arsene Wenger blows out the candles on his 70th birthday cake on October 22 it will mark 527 days since his final game in charge of Arsenal. After a 22-year reign as Gunners manager ended with a 1-0 win at Huddersfield – those supporters split on whether he should have been replaced years before united in their praise for a man who delivered three Premier League trophies, seven FA Cups and an unbeaten ‘Invincible’ season. Given those accolades and plenty more besides, many would have expected Wenger to walk into another major job. The links and gossip came and went – Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Everton, France – as Wenger was rumoured to be close to such posts only for...
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