Wenger doesn’t strike me as a man that ever has regrets. He’s too much of a philosopher and, while I doubt he subscribes to the spiritual notion that everything happens for a reason, I imagine he believes that you learn from your mistakes, which means regrets don’t really exist to him.

Still… he’s got to ask himself: was signing that two-year extension at the end of last season really the best idea? Should he not have just bowed out gracefully after beating Chelsea in the FA Cup final?

When Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United in 2013, he left on a high. It was the right time and he knew it. Apparently, the right time for Wenger was years ago but he can’t bring himself to admit it.

Signing the extension was a bad idea and he missed his chance to leave with his head still held reasonably high. Fine, Arsenal had failed to finish in the top four and people would know this would be one of the reasons behind him stepping down, but there wouldn’t have been nearly as much animosity towards him. There’s no shame in admitting enough is enough.

Although fans have been asking for Wenger to leave for years, that extension last year was the final straw for many. Fans simply can’t understand why the manager would be rewarded after last term and why he would genuinely still think he had work to do. Sure, he won his third FA Cup in four years but, if you pan out from the celebrations at Wembley that day Arsenal beat the champions, you’ll see a far bleaker picture of a club that used to win titles, losing their mind over winning a cup final because it’s the only thing they had to hold onto.