Among some more sensible journalism in Thursday morning’s press conference, one question posed to Arsène Wenger was particularly ridiculous.

Would Arsenal be willing to allow Chelsea or Spurs to play at the Emirates Stadium while our London rivals build new stadiums?

Well, what answer was expected? Since moving to the Emirates Stadium in 2006 the Gunners have struggled to keep up with their rivals in the transfer market, before signing Mesut Özil in September 2013. The club was shackled by debt but now, a decade later, is finally reaping the rewards (last year Arsenal’s revenue overtook Chelsea’s).

So why, after going through all that, would the Gunners help direct rivals ease the burden of moving to a new stadium?

Whether they end up at Wembley or in Milton Keynes, Chelsea and Spurs will have to deal with their situations just as we dealt with our own.

“We suffered a lot to be in this stadium, we had to be very tight financially to pay back,” Wenger told the media on Thursday morning. “I don’t know (about a ground share) but I don’t feel it’s really in our plans, we don’t need it and we’ve not been approached. Honestly it’s a board decision and not mine.”

We suffered a lot as fans, as a club, and Arsène suffered a lot too. Was all that sacrifice made just so the brand new state of the art home we call ours could be shared with one of the clubs we hate most for a year or so? Was it heck.

Moving to the Emirates Stadium was something Arsenal simply had to do to keep up with the modern game without sacrificing the integrity of a club that didn’t want to rely on the wealth of a benefactor. We managed that, and now two other clubs – one who is having a lot of help to pay for their new ground (Spurs), the other who do have a wealthy benefactor bankrolling their success (Chelsea).

Asking Arsenal to ground share would be absolutely insane, and the fact it’s even being mentioned as a possibility is beyond belief.