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Over the years, a controversial term has crept into football dialogue. ‘Short-termism’ is a phrase with negative connotation for teams opting for short-term managers, rather than sticking to one manager for an extended period. If a club isn’t getting good and consistent results, managers tend to be in the firing line, and this is where ‘short-termism’ comes into play. Short-termism provides a quick and short-term impact for the club when owners have mounting pressure from a business point of view, and from the fans.

The Premier League is undisputedly one of the most exhilarating top-flight leagues in the world. This has certainly been true for this season, with Manchester City under the stewardship of Pep Guardiola establishing a dominate lead at the forefront of the league.

As their bargaining power and influence grows, football players of today wield more and more power over the beautiful game. The footballers’ labour market has seen an increase in the mobility of players, with new signings in European squads increasing sharply from 36.7% in 2009 to 44.8% in 2017. This begs the question of how loyal football players are to their teams, and are one-club men a dying breed? Ticketgum.com has analysed figures from the Football Observatory from October 2017.

The new Premier League season is approaching. It promises to be another exhilarating season, full of twists and surprises. With Chelsea convincingly capturing their fifth Premier League title under Antonio Conte’s first full season in charge, rivals have been actively acquiring new reinforcements throughout the summer to knock them of their perch.

When Sir Alex Ferguson retired, everyone in football looked at Old Trafford to see how the club would cope without the Scot at the helm. Ferguson wasn’t just integral to Manchester United, he was the fabric around which it all revolved. The board got it wrong. David Moyes, despite Ferguson’s recommendation – was too similar in outlook and too inexperienced to cope with a job that big. Then came Louis Van Gaal.

The manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has not yet decided the future of his club. Till a few months back only some Arsenal fans wanted a new manager in the next season of English Premier League, but now most of them want a new one after seeing the fourth loss of Arsenal in the five games of the Premier League. The contract of Wenger will expire at the end of this football season and till now he has not yet signed his extension as the manager of Arsenal.

The English Premier League 2016-17 is the 25th season of this famous football championship, which is the top professional league for English association soccer clubs. This football league commenced in 1992 and since then it has remained the best one.   The latest season of the Premier league started on August 13, 2016 and will end on May 21, 2017. In this championship, Leicester City became the defending champions.

The Premier League is arguably the best league in the world. The football is not only exhilarating but the players are mesmerising to watch. Unlike other leagues around the world, where the ‘big teams’ tend to dominate, every Premier League club is genuinely tested to justify their Premier league status and ambitions. This notion is embodied by the unpredictable triumph of Leicester City last year, who comfortably outshone the usual title favourites to win the Premier League against all odds.

One of England’s great clubs is a shambles. An owner who doesn’t care about winning, a board obsessed by the bottom line and a manager whose time has passed. If you used it as the basis for a film script, no-one’s sure whether it’s a comedy or tragedy. But there won’t be a happy ending. Arsenal are a club in crisis. A very Arsenal crisis, it must be said. There’s a very stiff up lip from The Establishment Club as were known in the 1930s.

Arsène Wenger continues to hold Arsenal hostage to fortune with a decision over his own future. The Frenchman, in charge in North London for two decades, faces unprecedented criticism of his management and the continued lack of Premier League title challenges. With another embarrassing exit from the Champions League on the cards and the Premier League title only a mathematical possibility, Wenger’s departure seems more likely than ever. So who will be the Arsenal manager next season?