The Gunners boss has been at the helm for 20 years.
Ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown has shared via the Daily Mail the one thing he would love to see Arsene Wenger do – even though it will never happen.
Keown was 30 when Wenger, an almost unknown, arrived in north London from Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan 20 years ago.
The former England international won his first Premier League title under the Frenchman less than two years later, with his second and third following in 2001 and 2004 respectively.
Since then though, the title has remained elusive for the Gunners, who have just three FA Cups to show for the proceeding 11 campaigns.
And Wenger has bore the brunt of the fans’ frustrations for that, with many perceiving him to have been frugal when it comes to the transfer market.
Keown told the Daily Mail: “Wenger is a very pragmatic man, and I would love to see him throw his economic principles out of the window for one season and see what happened.
“But this will never happen. For him to spend like Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United do, it would have to come as an order from the board.
“One example that sums up Wenger’s approach to money – and the impact he had on Arsenal – came when the club were trying to buy the training facility off London University, having rented there for some time. Seeing a deal to be done, Wenger instead went to the farmer who owned the land next door and bought the lot for half the price!”
Despite his critics, Wenger spent close to £100 million on new recruits during the summer transfer window, according to Transfermarkt.
Most of that outlay reportedly went on overseas trio Granit Xhaka (£38.25 million), Shkodran Mustafi (£34.85 million) and Lucas Perez (£17 million).
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