For those who have lived through and endured recent seasons, Arsene Wenger will be remembered as the manager who outstayed his welcome.
Just because he is stepping down at the end of the season - news he confirmed on Friday at his own press conference - the temptation of many is to ignore the present, preferring to concentrate on the good of yesteryear, of which there is plenty to saviour and celebrate.
But this is a sad and overdue end, one which should have arrived at least four years ago in the wake of the FA Cup victory of 2014, and that was with foresight, not hindsight.