With the recent news of Stan Kroenke's takeover at Arsenal, fans of the North London club were falling over themselves with the belief that they could finally compete on the same financial levels as Manchester City and Chelsea. But this gives Wenger no more excuses, he now must be winning trophies every season and challenging for Europe's most prestigious prize.
This investment could well signal the end for Wenger's 14 year reign at the helm of the Gunners, Wenger has already shown us that he is a man of principles and he will not change no matter how much opposition he faces, that is good for some but now it could make Wenger appear stubborn or even deluded in his own little world of perfect football.
We know that Arsenal like to play football "the way it should be played" but of course that is subjective and I'm sure Sam Allardyce would tell you differently. But when funded by that sort of money is invested into a football club, the pressure builds and results are expected immediately, normally followed by a "win at all costs" mentality when the manager finds out he can't buy the league.
Wenger won't do that and that might ultimately cost him his job. At the moment he has relatively small amounts of money to spend and he rarely uses that anyway, choosing to concentrate on the youth set-up at the Emirates. Now he has a choice to make, he either sells himself out and admits he was wrong by buying a keeper and a centre back, or he faces the sack by not winning the silverware the club so desperately needs. Now that the money is there, Wenger has nowhere else to turn and failure to achieve results will ultimately cost him and himself only.
For the first time, I actually feel sorry for Arsene Wenger he has tried and failed (to some degree) to dominate English football with skill and flair and it seems like the time could be up for one of the greatest tacticians in the English game.
