Can you imagine Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United — in fact any leading club — going seven years without a trophy yet not sacking the manager?

Neither can I, which makes Arsenal unique in the upper echelons of European football.

Arsene Wenger is the Gunners' greatest ever manager, winning three Premier League titles including the unbeaten Invincibles of 2003-04 and four F.A. Cups. He has brought some of the finest players to grace the Premier League to Arsenal, but that was then.