It was a gloriously enigmatic line, the sort that might have come from the hero in one of those black and white nouvelle vague films. “It is not all quantifiable. It is linked with your gut feeling, as well. Thank you.” All that was missing was the Gallic shrug. And with that, Arsène Wenger turned on his heel and left.
Since last summer, when the countdown to the end of his contract officially started, the Arsenal manager has stuck to his guns. He has said that he will decide at the end of the season, when the deal expires, whether to sign up for another cycle and he will base the decision on whether he feels he has been able to extract the maximum from his squad.
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