Nacho Monreal backs ‘best coach in the world’ Wenger

Nacho Monreal has become the latest player to speak up for Arsene Wenger as Arsenal prepare for a difficult end to what, at one stage, promised to be such a memorable season.

Eleven points behind leaders Leicester City with only eight games to play, out of the cup to today’s opponents Watford and out of the Champions League to Barcelona, the sticking plasters which have just about kept the club together in recent years are now coming loose again.

A renewed campaign by some supporters for Wenger to step down is gaining momentum ahead of this afternoon’s rematch at the Emirates which comes almost too late for the ‘must win’ label.