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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23122347" data-attributes="member: 158020">Wenger to leave Arsenal <img src="http://e2.365dm.com/18/04/16-9/20/skysports-arsene-wenger-arsenal_4278291.jpg?20180409121542" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed he will step down from his role at the end of the season.          Wenger, 68, will leave a year before his existing contract  was due to expire having led the club to three Premier League titles and  seven FA Cups during a 22-year reign.Appointed on 1 October  1996, the Frenchman is the Premier League's current longest-serving  manager and has taken charge of a record 823 games. In a statement to the club's website, he said: "After careful  consideration and following discussions with the club, I feel it is the  right time for me to step down at the end of the season."I am grateful for having had the privilege to serve the club for so many memorable years. "I managed the club with full commitment and integrity."I want to thank the staff, the players, the Directors and the fans who make this club so special."I urge our fans to stand behind the team to finish on a high."To all the Arsenal lovers take care of the values of the club."My love and support forever." Wenger himself said on Thursday that former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira "has the potential" to succeed him as manager.The  club's majority owner Stan Kroenke asked Arsenal fans around the world  to pay an appropriate tribute to the Frenchman who transformed the  identity of the club. He told Arsenal's website: "This is one of the most difficult days we  have ever had in all our years in sport. One of the main reasons we got  involved with Arsenal was because of what Arsène has brought to the  club on and off the pitch. His longevity and consistency over such a  sustained period at the highest level of the game will never be matched."Arsène  has unparalleled class and we will always be grateful to him. Everyone  who loves Arsenal and everyone who loves football owes him a debt of  gratitude. "Three Premier League titles, including an entire season unbeaten,  seven FA Cup triumphs and 20 successive years in the Champions League is  an exceptional record. He has also transformed the identity of our club  and of English football with his vision for how the game can be played."We  have high ambitions to build on Arsène's remarkable tenure and to  honour his vision by ensuring that Arsenal competes for and wins the  biggest and most important prizes in the game. "We must now focus  on making a strong finish to the season and ask our millions of fans  around the world to join us in paying appropriate tribute to one of the  greats of Arsenal's history and one of the greats of the game." Sunday's 2-1 defeat defeat to Newcastle was their 11th in the league this season, equalling their worst tally in a campaign under Wenger.Arsenal  finished outside the league's top four last season for the first time  since Wenger arrived at the club in 1996, and are now 14 points behind  fourth-placed Tottenham, with five matches remaining.They face Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-final with the first leg to come on April 26.</blockquote>

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