Hill-Wood wants Wenger to stay

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood is adamant Arsene Wenger’s relationship with the board is strong and wants the Frenchman to remain at the club beyond his current contract, despite the departure of Wenger’s close ally David Dein.

Vice-chairman Dein, 63, has left the club and will cease to be a director with immediate effect because of “irreconcilable differences” at the centre of power.