In the context of both the most disappointing season of his tenure and his 22-year reign at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has announced his resignation, deferred until the summer, in just enough time to preserve an illustrious legacy. There was a worrying feeling of inevitability heading into Arsenal’s Europa League double-legger against Atletico Madrid, one of continental football’s most savvy sides, that will dictate whether the north London club can end the season with the positive note of returning to the Champions League. But Wenger’s impending departure gives a refreshed motivation for those games, and more crucially reunites a fan base that has been so bitterly split over the last...
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