The twin setbacks have all but killed off Arsenal’s title hopes, with runaway leaders now 12 points ahead, and lent further weight to those calling for Wenger to call time on his two decades in charge.
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“It’s very nice for you to care about how I feel, but it’s not the most important”.
Asked whether it had been a hard week, given Arsenal’s recent losses on the field, and the reaction from fans, he replied: “Yeah, of course it has been a hard week, because we are here to win games and when you don’t win games you are disappointed”. We can not even think like that.
The Mail claim that Arsenal are on the lookout for a new goalkeeper in the summer as they plan to demote current number one Cech to the position of back-up goalkeeper.
“It is never over”, said the Frenchman.
“I think back to Jens Lehmann, who had been unbeaten for a whole season but was left out of the team after conceding from 30 yards against Liverpool in November 2004”.
“It’s hard to come out individually”, said Wenger.
“That is not at stake in my thinking at the moment”.
“You look at the goals people are questioning and I don’t see a lot wrong”.
Arsene Wenger hasn’t made many great signings recently, but Cech is certainly one of them, and it’s hard to picture the player retiring anytime soon.
Elneny has been away at the African Cup of Nations for the last five weeks where he helped his country reach the final and even scored during last weekend’s 2-1 defeat to Cameroon. Television cameras picked out a disgruntled fan with a banner displaying the message “enough is enough – time to go” after a loss that all but ended the Gunners’ title challenge for another season.
Hector Bellerin, however, is less likely to feature having not trained all week having been forced off at Chelsea.
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Arsenal fans have been coming in for some heavy criticism recently, as the “Wenger Out” campaign begins to stir once again.
