Alisher Usmanov: Arsene Wenger must stay on

Arsene Wenger remains Arsenal’s “main asset”, according to the club’s second largest shareholder, Alisher Usmanov.

Wenger has been in charge of the Gunners since 1996, but has again found his position under scrutiny after going out of both the Champions League and FA Cup, while also falling off the pace in the Premier League behind Tottenham and leaders Leicester.

Usmanov, though, sees no reason to make a change just yet, and the Uzbek metals magnate, who does not hold a seat on the board at the Emirates Stadium, believes Wenger deserves the opportunity to decide when to call it a day.