Arsene Wenger is leaving Arsenal after more than 21 years, ending a revolutionary reign that saw him introduce new methods to the English Premier League and become the club's most successful manager.
While the 68-year-old Frenchman was able to announce his own departure plans on Friday, the tenure of English soccer's longest-serving manager will finish at the end of the season against a backdrop of mounting dissent as the London club's competitiveness has waned.
Arsenal has failed to win the Premier League since 2004, the high point of Wenger's career as he became only the second manager to go through an English league season unbeaten.