Wenger not quite the revolutionary we all thought after all

Frenchman heading the way of all great leaders - the scrap heap

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I wonder if Arsène Wenger's problem is that, for all the changes he has brought to Arsenal and English football, he is not quite the revolutionary he has been made out to be. Indeed, his likely demise is due to the fact that he is more like a great politician who, having surrounded himself by a coterie of advisers, cannot fathom how the world round him has changed.

Whatever happens to Wenger, whether this proves his last season in England, he will always be remembered as one of the managers who shaped the Premiership. Figures will show Sir Alex Ferguson miles ahead, but Wenger changed a club: its ethos, its playing style and how it was perceived by the rest of football. Ferguson can be said to have continued in the tradition of Manchester United: if you score four, we will score five. Wenger took charge of a team that had often won, but its appeal did not extend beyond the faithful. Now, even in these barren years, they have played the best football seen in this country.