Premier League - Hill-Wood: Wenger stays at Arsenal

Eurosport - Thu, 07 May 15:13:00 2009

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has insisted Arsene Wenger's Emirates future is secure despite four trophy-less seasons.

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The Gunners recent defeats in both the FA Cup and Champions League semi-finals ensured another season without silverware for the North London club, but according to Hill-Wood the board remains committed to the Frenchman (pictured).

"Arsene's future is not in question, although I am sure there will be people who have nothing better to do trying to suggest it is," Hill-Wood told the Guardian.

"He has another season left on his contract and if he was to ask for an extension we would be delighted.

"But he hasn't discussed it with us and we haven't discussed it with him. There are other things to think about.

"He is a long-term person. He is not into trying to have a quick fix."

Wenger's current deal with Arsenal expires in 2011.

Arsenal look set to finish fourth in the Premier League and qualify for next season's Champions League.

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  1. Give the guy proper funds you tight buggers

    From LEX, on Sun 17 May 10:58PM
  2. go out there and get some quality players. We are sick­ and tired of hearing that we play the best football in­ the premiership.Yet another throphyless season is­ simply not good for us.We desperately need results,and­ if it takes for wenger to leave to acheive this,then so­ be it.Iam sick and tired of playing second fiddle to­ the likes of man united and chelsea.MR WENGER ARE YOU­ HEARING ME.

    From michael, on Sun 10 May 11:49AM
  3. Slag off Wenger to your hearts delight. The fact is­ over the last decade he has won Fa Cups, League titles,­ League and cup doubles, Got to a Champions league final­ and Gone a whole season without defeat. No other­ manager can boast that, not even Ferguson! Wenger knows­ what he is doing. he has had a lot of bad luck with­ injuries this season and for most of the season has­ been without 6 to 8 players at any one time. We still­ ended up going 20 odd games without losing and none of­ the other 3 big clubs can boast that. If it wasn't­ for the injuries and playing an inexperienced defence­ we would pissed the league this year. Wenger has a­ knack of bringing out the best in players. You watch­ Walcott and Arshavin go next season. Rosicky will be­ back, Eduardo will get a run and if Diaby continues to­ grow alongside Cesc, the midfield will be solid. We do­ need to bolster the defence and not buy used trash from­ Utd and Chelsea again. Sacking Wenger now would be a­ travesty, not to mention lunacy. For all the Man Utd­ fans rippin the piss, at least we took it like men and­ shook hands after the match. If you'd have lost it­ would have been Ferdinand and Giggs pointing fingers at­ the ref and moaning and Ronaldo crying even more than­ he usually does! Hope Barca @#$% you!

    From LEE B, on Fri 8 May 10:28PM
  4. Hi all! I think Arsenal it's a very good team with­ a good football in Europe.
    I'm a AsRoma fan and­ here we look at ArsenalFc like a model to follow.­ AsRoma and ArsenalFc in this season looks very similar.­ Lots injury, difficult to score and not good defense­ for Roma. They seem to have the same difficulties.
    For­ me, it is an error to change manager now. And who wants­ to change absolutely manager does not recognize good­ job made till now. In Italy every week someone want to­ change manager or chairman!! But it's not very­ smart idea.
    I agree _42 _31 _AsRoma it's one of few­ club in Italy with positive financial situation. ManU­ Chelsea, Inter, Milan maybe not...................

    From Marco, on Fri 8 May 12:48PM
  5. Will this be the case next season and the season after?­ The team are simply not good enough yet we are led to­ believe that great things will come to those who wait?­ unless i am very much mistaken football is a results­ business which leads to winning trophies yet Arsenal­ fans are expected to be satisfied because we play­ decent football and get to semi finals? Simple fact of­ the matter is we stiil have a team with no fight or­ bottle otherwise going to Stoke and losing would not­ have happened. Tuesday night was the worst Arsenal­ performance for many years and this MUST not be­ ignored.

    From maguirejj1, on Fri 8 May 8:51AM
  6. There is no point to produce youngster if Arsenal cant­ hold their experince player. Hleb, Flamini.....­ Youngster one day will become experience player and if­ they end up like Hleb or Flamini, then how? Arsenal For­ next Season? Arsenal youngster will grow? How Many­ season already Arsenal cant hold thier experince­ player?

    From caesar, on Fri 8 May 8:20AM
  7. I agree 36. Bender needs to sit on the bench and Vela­ should start. What a little machine he is - the speed­ of Walcott with the boot of Ashvin. A legend in the­ waiting - and get rid of Ade the whore. Lets be­ relistic - Van Persie and Ade are dead weights together­ up front.

    From shane, on Fri 8 May 7:29AM
  8. Mesol.....do yourself a favour.....go support another­ team...Man U maybe.....Arsenal will still survive­ without­ Mesol....You are not the only supporters of­ Arsenal..... and good football does matters to us­ fan.....you want trophy..go to the shop and get­ yourself one.

    From hisham n, on Fri 8 May 5:31AM
  9. i tell u all la...if no wenger no arsenal la...noob...i­ support wenger ...

    From Jason, on Fri 8 May 4:58AM
  10. he is the worst manager arsenal has ever had a complete­ joke of a guy

    From sirstevejones14, on Fri 8 May 4:16AM
  11. mesol Your brain's a mess hole with fans like you­ Arsenal don't need enemies. W inning is the only­ important thing, football doesn't need to be­ entertaining as long as you win. Football needs fans,­ fans need to be entertained. I said fans not morons­ like you go and support another sport cretin.

    From Ronsenglish, on Fri 8 May 3:07AM
  12. Arsenal will not change if Wenger is still here..he­ will continue his policy…all he wants is his­ reputation,…good manager who buys young good player…so­ in many years, also in history of football, world will­ remember him as great manager who can create a great­ player so bla bla bla…but what for Arsenal? Another­ miss of champ..Find another manager..dont afraid to­ make a change..Arsenal will still survive without­ Wenger..He is not the only managers fo Arsenal..His­ time has passed..Remember Arsenal is not only for­ Wenger...Good football is not the only matters, its not­ a entertainment, its a football...champion is all­ matters!

    From gunpowder, on Fri 8 May 2:52AM
  13. 36. Chelsea is reporting record losses on the part of­ their compensation for firing coaches early, and Man. U­ is over 500 million pounds in debt from the heavy­ borrowing caused by the Glazers.

    40. Keep claiming­ Man. U are the best, Glory Whore, pretty soon their­ well will go dry, Arsenal is a club has posted huge­ earning and are able to pay off their stadium debts at­ a very comfortable pace, pretty soon, you'll be­ left in the dust in the 2010s. In Arsene We Trust.

    From Neo, on Thu 7 May 11:06PM
  14. wengers a genius when it matters, like the champions­ league against man utd, so genius

    From Bob, on Thu 7 May 10:44PM
  15. live in the real word arsenal dont have the money to­ attract the top players man u rules the world

    From Ken A, on Thu 7 May 9:31PM
  16. ARSENE (arsenal) WENGER
    Never forget it.
    The man is­ simply a genius.
    yes... trophies are nice but they only­ hand out three in this country and we cant win them­ every year.
    Carry on ARSENE.
    IN ARSENE WE TRUST.
    if­ not, travel a few mile down the road to see what­ failure is all about.

    From randallbuilders, on Thu 7 May 8:56PM
  17. we play the best football in the country

    From Omar F, on Thu 7 May 8:51PM
  18. so what

    From ian l, on Thu 7 May 8:41PM
  19. i am sick of him playing adebayor and especially­ bendtner instead of vela, and not buying a pure calss­ defender! but he is the best i think:) the best in the­ world, 'cause he doesn't have the money they­ have at man utd and chelsea for fantastic new signings,­ so i don't ever want him to leave!!! our way of­ playing is brilliant

    From First L, on Thu 7 May 8:17PM
  20. Arsene Wenger is a legend. Hes a top quality manager­ and any Arsenal fan would know that. All he needs is­ the balls to spend a bit of money maybe splash out on a­ top class Striker e.g. David Villa. By the way is it­ true that Emmanuel Adebayor may be leaving for Inter­ Milan.

    From Shippy, on Thu 7 May 8:17PM
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