Reasons to love & hate Wenger after 21 years

This article was first published in May 2017.

Arsenal fans have had a love-hate relationship with Arsene Wenger in recent seasons. So, as he has revealed he will be leaving the club this summer after 21 years, here are 21 reasons to love, or hate, Le Professeur. Warning: Some things below cannot be unseen (in a good and bad way).

Love Wenger

That zip. It's hard not to feel empathetic towards a man who's been trying to put his coat on for over 20 years and still somehow manages to find himself coming up short on a worryingly regular basis.

Puma's 'state-of-the-art' zip for Wenger making absolutely no difference pic.twitter.com/j9Yvl5WEbT

— Tom Embury-Dennis (@TomEmburyD) November 29, 2015

Puma even attempted to produce a special "easy zip" version of their elongated jacket to aid Wenger in his plight -- alas, to no avail.

Hate Wenger

One of Wenger's more irritating traits is his staunch refusal to bear witness to anything even approaching controversial on a football pitch.

As well as fouls, offside calls, dissent and violent conduct, the Frenchman's myopia also oddly extends to British leisure facilities, as revealed in this quote from 2008.

"I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool."

Typical.

Love Wenger

Wenger is the man responsible for inspiring one of the oddest tattoo tributes we've ever laid our eyes upon.

It's the dog that gets me