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Wenger must stick to his Gunners

The Professor has some unfinished business at besieged Arsenal.

Published Wed, Feb 22, 2017 · 09:50 PM

WILL Arsene Wenger - the man who lifted himself from Grampus (in Nagoya, Japan) to the Gunners (Arsenal's nickname) 20 summers ago - go or stay at the North London football club? Or will the 67-year-old Frenchman be booted out by a hounded management at the Emirates who are beginning to feel the pressure from their ardent fans suffering from an empty feeling?

Arsenal fans are getting frustrated over the club's recent misfiring of targets - particularly the 5-1 capitulation to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last week - but to the dozen or so fans I've spoken to recently, none came out strongly to say that Wenger should go.

In fact, there is so much sympathy for the manager, nicknamed The Professor, that they prefer to dwell on the contributions of the English Premier League's (EPL's) longest-serving current manager, who as…

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