Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces the prospect of a sack, should the Gunners fail to lift the Europa League title this season.
The north London side suffered their third straight Premier League defeat last weekend, and this has pretty much ended their top-four hopes with a 13-point deficit to Tottenham Hotspur.
As a result, the Europa League remains a priority for the Gunners, as the winning the competition offers a route to the group stage of the Champions League next term.
According to The Mail, the Gunners’ hierarchy could take the decision to part ways with Wenger despite his stance that he is the right man for the job.
Wenger has repeatedly stressed that he will honour his current contract which expires in the summer of 2019, but the club’s board have now come up with a key condition.
As per The Mail, the Europa League is set to decide the future of the long-standing manager, and anything less than a victory in the final in Lyon, could see the 68-year-old sacked.
Unlike in previous seasons, the challenge for this season’s Europa League is probably the toughest with the likes of Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan still in the mix.
The latter are due to face in a double-legged round of 16 tie with the Gunners this month, and Wenger will probably know that beating the Rossoneri is unlikely to be easy on present form.
Arsenal succumbed to a rather embarrassing defeat to Ostersund at home in the round of 32, and Wenger alongside several other players, potentially have their futures on the line this month.
