Wenger promises decision on future ‘very soon’

WEST BROMWICH, United Kingdom: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has made a decision on his future and will make it public very soon.

Wenger revealed after seeing his side humbled 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that he has decided whether to stay with Arsenal when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Fans rounded on the Frenchman at the Hawthorns with ‘Wenger Out’ banners, anti-Wenger songs and a plane overhead towing a banner calling for his departure.

That was followed by another plane with a pro-Wenger banner, but he still suffered the ignominy of travelling fans singing “you don’t know what you’re doing” near the end of the game.

Wenger has previously said he will make a decision on his future before the end of the campaign and it appears the news will break in the near future.

“I know what I will do in my future, so you will soon know, very soon,” he said.

“You will see. Today I do not necessarily worry about that, we are in a unique bad patch we never had in 20 years.

“We lose game after game at the moment and that for me is much more important than my future.”

Wenger insisted he did not pay attention to events in the stands or in the air as he watched his side beaten by two goals from Craig Dawson and one from Hal Robson-Kanu.

Alexis Sanchez equalised for the Gunners but a fourth loss in five league games left Wenger’s record of reaching the Champions League in every season of his reign in peril.

“I watch the game, I do not watch the stands during the game,” Wenger said.

“We have to live with that. You focus on your job, no matter what people think. We have a big fight, I agree with you and it could be very difficult now.”