Quote Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez View Post
I wonder whether this one year rumour thing has any legs in it?

It would show up the total ineptitude of this board that they have not put any succession plans in place and have gone begging cap in hand for Wenger to stay one more year so that they can start planning.

Of course, there are other way to interpret that scenario.
The contract is a McGuffin anyway. Clearly He could stay and work until, say, Christmas without one and it wouldn't make any difference to anything.

I suppose they just feel announcing it at the wrong moment would be asking for it.