Arsenal give Wenger vote of confidence

ARSENE WENGER has received resounding backing from Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis despite his team’s poor start to the season.

“Arsene is not a broken man,” Gazidis said. “He did not suddenly become a bad manager or somebody who became out of touch with the game. It is complete nonsense. [Sacking him] is a route we are not going to go down.

“[Majority owner] Stan Kroenke is very supportive of Arsenal’s self-sustaining model and of Arsene Wenger. To see him [Wenger] portrayed as some kind of idiot is profoundly damaging, not to Arsenal or Arsene, but for the game.”