As we Arsenal fans spend the summer getting overexcited by the prospect of multi-million pound signings that we’re almost certainly not going to make it’s easy to forget that Arsene Wenger’s most significant act of the summer has probably already taken place.
For the first time since Arsene’s arrival at the club there’ll be no Pat Rice next season and instead we’ve promoted Steve Bould as assistant manager and Neil Banfield as first team coach. At Manchester United they’ve seen the benefit that a change of assistant can bring. Ferguson’s far more ruthless of course than Wenger. When things went a little bit stale under Brian Kidd he was ditched for Steve McLaren. Three consecutive Prem...

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