Arsene Wenger: Arsenal protestors vow that things will only get worse if Frenchman signs a new two-year deal
Gunners board set to hand fresh contract to beleaguered boss but anti-Wenger brigade threaten to crank up the heat
ANGRY Arsenal supporters are stepping up their campaign to stop Arsene Wenger signing a new contract.
And one of the protest organisers warns all hell will break loose if and when the manager finally confirms that he is staying.
Wenger is on the brink of agreeing a new two-year deal despite overseeing the worst run of results of his 21 seasons in charge.
But Mark King, a member of the Black Scarf fans’ movement, said: “The protests don’t stop, even if Wenger announces that he is staying.
“It won’t be a major surprise if and when he signs a new contract. But it will be a shameful decision from an owner who has no sporting ambition for Arsenal.
“Wenger has done nothing in the past three years to justify a new deal and we will ramp up the protests against the board and the manager.
“The atmosphere in the stadium and the confrontation between supporters is going to get worse.
“We have tried to keep our protests respectful and don’t want to be giving abuse to a man who has done great things for Arsenal in the past.
“But if Arsenal think we are going to go away they are in for a big surprise.”
Yet following the recent 3-1 defeat at West Brom — when two planes with conflicting banners flew over The Hawthorns — King is reluctant to reveal what they are planning next.
Instead, they have told people to “reply to every posting from the club’s official Twitter account with the hashtags #wengerout and #nonewcontract”.
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He added: “I keep reading Wenger is going to launch a major spending spree this summer and that he is going to ‘reinvent’ himself. But what does that mean?
“He is 67 years old and has been in the job for more than 20 years. He’s not going to change now.
“If he is allowed to stay on, he’s just going to repeat the same old mistakes all over again.
“He’s a very intelligent man yet he still cannot see when his time is up.
“He either has no self- awareness or he simply doesn’t care what the supporters think.”