Ian Wright has spoken up in support of the Arsenal fans’ recent boycott of the Sunderland clash at the Emirates.

• Wright believes boycotting matches is the only effective way to get Arsenal to listen to fans
• Around 20,000 didn’t turn up for Sunderland match
• Wenger seems claims Everton match is sold out

An estimated 20,000 fans refused to turn up to Arsenal’s 2-0 win over newly relegated Sunderland last Tuesday, choosing to vote with their feet and show that they’re no longer willing to just sit back and watch the way they believe their club is being run.

This season, fan unrest is at an all-time high. The players have refused to perform on numerous occasions, the club’s set to miss out on Champions League football for the first time in two decades, and uncertainty surrounds the team, including the manager.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live Sport, Arsenal legend, Wrighty, admitted that he was ‘delighted’ to see the empty seats because he believes this is the only way the club will listen to the frustrated fans.

“What Arsenal fans have been through in the last 20 years, and in the last 10 in particular is mediocrity,” the former striker said.

“They have been through that, and they’re used to more than that.

“But they’ve taken it because they believe that something’s going to happen and something well change. It hasn’t happened and now what we’re seeing is almost a civil war amongst Arsenal fans. You’ve got your ‘Wenger Ins’ and you’ve got your ‘Wenger outs’, and the fact is Arsenal don’t know where they are in respect to the fans and what they feel right now.

“Because they want success, and they cannot see it coming. They’re not hearing anything from the board and they’re not hearing anything from the manager. And they’re just there, paying the money.

“I was delighted to see so many of them not turn up the other day. I was quite pleased with that because you’ve got to vote with your feet.

“If that’s how you feel, they’ve got no more choice Arsenal fans because this is all they’ve left now. To not go.

“They’ve got to show how much disdain they hold the whole situation in now. They’re doing the right thing Arsenals, they’ve got to vote with their feet.”

When asked about the amount of empty seats after the win over the Black Cats, Arsene Wenger claimed that it was down to the match being on a Tuesday night against a relegated team.

Petr Cech, meanwhile, believes it’s simply because the fixture was changed…