Although fans are quick to blame Arsene Wenger for the current state of Arsenal, as with any organisation, it’s always useful to look higher up if you’re going to start finger-pointing.

While Wenger is quite rightly getting most of the blame for the way in which Arsenal are playing, as are the players themselves, I feel strongly that the board are actually the ones we should be directing most of our fury towards.

For a decade, the board sat back while Wenger was accused of being tight-fisted with money while the club were paying off the new stadium. He wasn’t defended and fans were led to believe that the Frenchman simply didn’t want to improve the club.

During Arsenal’s fall from grace over recent years, the board have been similarly silent. Apart from Ivan Gazidis’ ‘catalyst for change’ comments. They’ve allowed poor runs of results to go seemingly unchallenged and, at the time of writing, there was no word on the future of Wenger.

There’s been no announcement about what’s going to happen this summer, even though his contract is set to run out next season, and there have been no obvious links with one big name manager.

The uncertainty surrounding the club has all been cultivated by the board. They’re the ones who have made Wenger seem unsackable, which is probably why the 68-year-old doesn’t feel as if he needs to step down now.

The Arsenal board have created an environment in which Wenger is completely untouchable and the fans feel lost. They’re out of touch and don’t appear to care, which is turning Gooners against their believed football club.

While Wenger should step down and he’s to blame for tactics and motivating his players, I firmly believe that the board have brought this situation upon themselves after refusing to nip problems in the bud when they first arose. And now the fans, Wenger and players are the ones having to live with the toxicity.