Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has agreed a new two-year contract, extending his 21-year reign at the club.<\/p>\n
Wenger and club owner Stan Kroenke met on Monday to determine the Frenchman’s future, with the decision relayed to directors at a Tuesday board meeting.<\/p>\n
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Arsenal are planning to make an official announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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The Gunners were fifth in the Premier League this season, the first time they have finished outside the top four since the Frenchman joined in 1996.<\/p>\n
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They finished 18 points behind champions Chelsea, but beat the Blues 2-1 to win the FA Cup at Wembley on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Wenger’s contract was set to finish at the end of the current campaign.<\/p>\n
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Feast and then famine<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Wenger led the Gunners to three Premier League titles and four FA Cups in his first nine seasons in charge.<\/p>\n
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In 2003-04, he became the first manager since 1888-89 to lead a team through an entire top-flight season unbeaten.<\/p>\n
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But after winning the 2005 FA Cup, they had to wait another nine years – or 3,283 days – for their next silverware. It came as they beat Hull City to win the 2014 FA Cup, before winning the trophy again the following year.<\/p>\n
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Some Gunners fans turned on the 67-year-old Frenchman as a result of their league performances and they lost 10-2 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16 in March.<\/p>\n
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They finished the league season with five successive victories, but it was not enough to carry them above Liverpool to take the fourth and final Champions League spot.<\/p>\n
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Wenger told BBC’s Football Focus on Saturday the criticism he has faced this season is “a disgrace” he will “never forget”.<\/p>\n
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Anti-Wenger banners were held aloft by Gunners fans in the closing stages of a 3-1 defeat at West Brom on 18 March, while in the first half two planes towed banners over the ground – one criticising the manager and the other supporting him.<\/p>\n
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After that loss, Wenger said he had made a decision on his future which he would announce “very soon”.<\/p>\n
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He faced significant criticism around that time, with former Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton telling BBC Radio 5 live on 20 March that Wenger was “an uncle who doesn’t want to leave the party” and was running a “dictatorship”.<\/p>\n
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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, meanwhile, described Wenger as “one of the best managers in history”.<\/p>\n
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Wenger and club owner Stan Kroenke met on Monday to determine the Frenchman’s future, with the decision relayed to directors at a Tuesday board meeting.
Arsenal are planning to make an official announcement on Wednesday.
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