Wenger will “win title in three years”, Coral ask what is needed?

By that then, the vast majority of us are arguably insane, so does this apply to Wenger too? Granted, he revolutionised football, introducing this ‘pass and move, possession’ style of play to English football, and initially was successful due to it.

However, his unwillingness to adapt caused Arsenal to endure their longest trophy drought in recent times. Pep Guardiola won everything while at Barcelona, playing a unique ‘tika-taka’ brand of football, though when switching to Bayern Munich, following a year out, he recognised that a different style was needed; a more direct approach, mixing aesthetics with strength and lightning counter-attacking.

Discipline
Players at Arsenal have been allowed to do what they want at the club for far too long, and this clearly affects their mindset, both on and off the field. While Wenger believes in a laid-back management style, clubs that have won the Premier League in recent seasons have had disciplinarians in charge who have a regimented routine.

Undoubtedly, the biggest of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson constantly enforced discipline within Manchester United, which saw them win multiple trophies. Roberto Mancini, Carlo Ancelotti and Manuel Pellegrini have won the Premier League with a stricter, more-structured attitude, and arguably the best of them all, who will go onto challenge Fergie’s record, Mourinho takes it to another level.

If Arsenal are to win the league again, this could well be the most important factor of all.

Rounded transfer policy
Too often has Wenger concentrated on plugging gaps in the team that he doesn’t need to. For years, Arsenal have been crying out for a midfield general, though it has always been the manager’s insistence that the right player has never been available. Rewind nearly 12 months, and Arsenal could have signed Nemanja Matic, who was identified by then former club Chelsea, and has since been brought back and become one of the best engine room anchormen in the Premier League.

Selling ex-club captain Thomas Vermaelen this summer is a decision that stumped even the generic football fan. It has been in defence where Arsenal have struggled this season, with both Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny injured at the same time, and left back Nacho Monreal having to fill in at centre back, plus 19-year-old rookie right back Chambers.

There have been mentions of World Cup-winning centre half Mats Hummels being linked to Arsenal, and someone of his quality would without a doubt improve the team. The Gunners, though, have seen top players opt to join the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Bayern Munich in recent years, but the captures of Sanchez and Mesut Ozil may well have made an impression on future top transfer targets that could now be persuaded to the Emirates.

New coaches
The retirement of Pat Rice had a huge effect on the Gunners briefly, though the promotion of former defender Steve Bould, from the youth set-up to assistant manager, helped to shore up Arsenal’s defence. The Gunners need more of this influence from ex-players who were successful at the club.

With Thierry Henry set to leave New York Red Bulls, a move back to his beloved Arsenal as a striker coach could be fitting, while Robert Pires could be tempted from the Indian Super League, with the season soon set to finish. Bringing both into the coaching fold, will only help to develop players further.