It is highly anticipated that Arsene Wenger will sign a new contract with Arsenal in the next 48 hours after the Frenchman confirmed after the FA Cup final win over Hull city that he intends to do the same. The speculation about the future of Wenger has been growing over the last few months with many suggesting that he sees this as the best time to step down from the role after almost 2 decades of managing the club. He has shaped the various aspects of the club during this period, but of late, he has been coming under intense pressure.
The FA Cup final win certainly relieves him off a lot of pressure, but the club need to convince him that staying as the right decision. Like Sir Alex Ferguson, Wenger may also decide to step down from the role and a high rather than being forced away from the club. He has maintained throughout the season that he will sign the new contract. Yet, there has been no progress made in this regard. His contract runs out in a few weeks. Wenger has revealed that he will be going to World Cup 2014 to watch the competition and he intends to sort out his future before that.
“Yes (it will be done), because I go to Brazil on the 10th of June. We live in a world where people tell you always what you have not (done), they never tell you that you have done something as well. I believe as well the quality of a club is the consistency and then the special players make you win the trophies. The quality of the consistency is important for the club and on that front we have been better than everybody else – there are only two clubs in Europe who have 17 years consecutively qualified for the Champions League,” said Wenger.