The coaching landscape of the Premier League is changing, as one of its pillars, Arsene Wenger, starts to shake to a greater degree than at any other time in the past two decades.
As Arsenal’s longstanding boss suffers a difficult end to a turbulent season in London, it is ironic that one of the few coaches in the Premier League to have a thorough understanding of the old-fashioned manager's role that Wenger occupies is one whose arrival so infuriated one of the Gunners' more illustrious former players.
Paul Merson's infamous rant ridiculing Marco Silva's coaching credentials and Hull City's decision to employ him seemed unreasonable at the time; now, it attracts repeated reference as a snapshot in time.