Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger said he almost dumped the club last year "for personal reasons" before he was persuaded to sign a new two-year contract in May 2017. Wenger who made the disclosure in an interview with Telefoot stated that he thought long and hard about his decision to stay on before penning a new deal after the FA Cup victory over Chelsea.
According to him "Yes, I hesitated to extend my contract for personal reasons. I've been at Arsenal for 20 years, and you ask yourself all the time if you should continue leading the club and also because we suffered quite a bit during the season."
He called on the fans criticizing the players over the 4-0 loss at Anfield not to lose hope as the squad has the potential to compete for trophies this season.
"It's a very difficult start to the season because we started with a game at home that we won at the death with a good performance. We lost the second by being quite good but not clinical, and the third was a catastrophic performance. That raises a lot of questions. In spite of everything, the team has real potential and we have to pick ourselves up as you always have to do in a crisis and we have to win the next game," he added.
