Arsenal board ‘high’ on Arsene Wenger, says Stan Kroenke

Stan Kroenke, the majority shareholder at Arsenal, presented a strong case for the retention of Arsene Wenger as manager yesterday, but the club has no immediate intention of opening contract talks with the Frenchman.

Kroenke said the club’s board was “very high” on their manager and stressed what a difficult act to follow he would be.

“You see it (at United),” Kroenke said at the club’s agm yesterday. “It’s very hard. We are all very high on Arsene. I know a number of (sports team) owners that are very successful that say the same thing; the hardest thing to do is be consistently competitive at the top of the league. Arsene has always done that and Arsenal has always been in that position. We have always been competitive.”