The shadow of Manchester United's botched succession plan when Sir Alex Ferguson retired looms over Arsenal's post-Arsene Wenger future. The outgoing Scotsman appointed his own successor, countryman David Moyes and the scale of the task taking over from one of the all-time greats of football management swallowed the former Everton boss up whole. There are of course differences between the situation at United in 2013 and the current version of Arsenal; one were champions, the other are sixth, Ferguson's departure was a shock and not something encouraged by United's fans, Wenger's is neither. But the size of the task is still the same. Both Wenger and Ferguson made every decision at their...
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