Stan Kroenke believes sacking Arsene Wenger last summer would have been the easy thing to do.

Arsenal finished outside of the top four for the first time in the Frenchman’s two decade reign last season but despite opposition from a vocal minority of fans the club decided to press on with plans to extend Wenger’s contract by a further two years following a third FA Cup win in four years.

Majority shareholder Kroenke, who is set to take questions from supporters at the club’s AGM later today, remains content with his and the board’s decision and believes allowing Wenger to leave would have been the easy way out.

“Arsene is strong, he’s focused and I think he showed through all that,” he told the Daily Mirror. “We always evaluate, and it’s fair to look at all the factors involved.

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