Arsenal will never question Wenger - even when he fails

'If he has a plan, we back him, if he doesn't have a plan, we keep quiet,' admits Gunners chairman

Arsene Wenger
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Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick inadvertently gave the game away on Thursday during the club's AGM, an event described by The Guardian as a "stage-managed affair".

"Don't let's be in a muddle about who calls the shots about football at the Arsenal Football Club," Sir Chips told shareholders. "It is not the chairman, it is not the fans, it is Mr Arsene Wenger... as you know, your board backs him 100 per cent. If he has a plan, we back him, if he doesn't have a plan, we keep quiet."

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.