To be blunt Arsenal need a better coach to face the future as results and performances are far beneath what was once taken for granted at the Emirates
Arsenal will never again see a manager like Arsene Wenger. Nor would they want to.
The structures that chief executive Ivan Gazidis has put in place over the past 12 months – such as hiring Raul Sanllehi as head of football relations, Huss Fahmy as contract negotiator and Sven Mislintat as head of recruitment – are designed to insure against a repeat of Friday's eventuality. Wenger was never going to last forever and Arsenal knew that a new framework had to be put in place before he left.