According to a report in the Daily Star, Arsenal chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, is prepared to stay and help ease the club’s transition when Arsene Wenger departs.

It’s still unclear as to whether the Frenchman will sign a two-year contract extension or not, but many supporters have been calling for significant changes within the hierarchy.

Gazidis has been heavily criticised for failing to make well-informed decisions regarding the development of the club going forward. His thoughts on Arsenal’s transfer policy last summer created doubt amongst supporters, appearing to indicate that the club have fallen behind their rivals in terms of finances and pulling power – the exact opposite of what the move to the Emirates was supposed to provide.

“We would not be successful if we simply went out into the transfer market and tried to outgun our competitors,” Gazidis told the New York Times.

“We’re run in a self-sustaining way, and a way that we believe in, because we believe it gives us certainty for the future, and enables us to plan our future with confidence. 

“That means we can’t afford to make huge mistakes in the transfer market. We can’t afford to outgun competitors that have far more money to splurge on transfer fees than we do. So we have to be very careful, very selective about how we do things.”

Gazidis has been linked as a possible successor to Sunil Gulati at the US Soccer Federation, but reportedly turned down big-money offers to remain with Arsenal for the next few years at least. Not that he earns peanuts in London. Arsenal’s chief executive takes home a salary of £2.6m that gets topped up with bonuses around £1m. For what, fans are still not quite sure.

It’ll be interesting to see whether supporters’ public show of discontent will actually mean we see important changes in the summer or not.

It would be a welcome surprise and quiet the critics, especially given how fans have regularly shown their discontent at the fact that Gazidis himself is still in a position of power at the club.

We can only hope.