Arsenal owner, Kroenke reveals why Wenger wasn’t sacked after last season

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has insisted the club was right not to pressure and dismiss manager Arsene Wenger after last season.

A disappointing 2016/2017 campaign saw the Gunners not qualify for the Champions League for the first time in two decades, although the club secured the FA Cup.

Frustrations were high during the season among fans, with banners flying during the days of the game to ask for Wenger's dismissal.

In the end, Kroenke decided to give Wenger a contract extension for two years.

"Arsene is strong, he's focused and I think he showed all that," Kroenke told the Daily Mirror before the club's Annual General Meeting.

"We always evaluate, and it's fair to analyze all the factors involved, but when you make decisions like that, you're weighing a lot of different factors, but you expect them to weigh them correctly and make the right decision.

"It's easy to change coaches and people do it all the time, but the hard part is replicating success and remaining competitive," Kroenke said.

"You have to deal with it clearly, calmly, thinking long term rather than short term." An easy answer is that it's easy to do something, it's harder not to do something. "

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