Former Arsenal player, Paul Merson, has said that he does not expect Arsene Wenger to be in charge of the club next season.
The Gunners are 10 points adrift of the top four places, following a second successive 3-0 defeat to Manchester City this week.
Wenger’s current contract expires in May 2019, but when asked if he expects him to be in charge next season, Merson told Sky Sports Daily: “No. As I sit here I say no.
“If they go to AC Milan and win next Thursday, and they go on and win the Europa League, for me that’s a great season for where Arsenal are at the moment. If they win a European trophy it would be a phenomenal feat.
“But I can’t see it. I don’t even fancy them to go and beat Brighton on Sunday. I feel [Wenger] would’ve gone if he didn’t have AC Milan on Thursday night. I feel he would’ve then gone if he got beat by Brighton.
“You’ve just got to look at his press conference the other day. It seemed to me that he was asking for the board to be loyal to him now, because he was saying, ‘I’ve been loyal to this club, I could’ve gone anywhere in the world’.
“He was trying to tell the board that they should stay loyal to him now. But I feel there’s a lot of pressure on him at the moment,” he said.
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