Widely loved, but not universally so. Hence the acrimony and bitterness levelled at him (such a legendary figure ought to have been utterly immune from all that; the fact that he wasn't is telling).
Very well-liked and very well-disliked at the same time.
Originally Posted by AFC East
Wenger was very widely loved and I felt a great warmth to his sense of humour and intelligence. I’ve not felt colder to an Arsenal manager than Enery ever. Not even Billy ****ing Wright and his posh spice wife. Not that I was old enough to really know him.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."