Wright: It's time Wenger came clean

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Arsenal legend Ian Wright has called on manager Arsene Wenger 'to come clean' on how the club is being run, in the wake of Robin van Persie's decision to quit.

Earlier in the week, club captain Van Persie shocked Arsenal fans when he announced that he would not be extending his contract at the Emirates Stadium and was looking to leave in the near future.
The Dutchman stressed in a prepared statement that his reasons for leaving were not financial but following a meeting with Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis, he disagreed on the way the club should move forward.
"I was astonished when I was told Robin van Persie wants to leave Arsenal," Wright wrote in his column in The Sun.
"I was convinced the team captain was happy and settled at the Emirates and would sign a new contract after the best season of his career.
"So to hear RVP is NOT happy with the way the club is going comes as a massive blow to me and every other Arsenal fan.
"Yet I don't blame him for his decision. In fact, I don't think he even has a choice any more because he's an ambitious, world-class player who can't achieve his targets with the club.
"So now it's time for Arsene Wenger and the directors to come clean because the supporters - who have stuck by their team for seven long years without a trophy - deserve to know just what is going on."
Wright went on to express his bewilderment at how Arsenal - a club he played over 200 games for during his football career - has been "forced to wave goodbye to at least one top star every year".

He wrote: "Since Thierry Henry decided in 2007 he had to leave in order to win the Champions League there has been a steady stream of players through the exit door at The Emirates.
"Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Ashley Cole, Gael Clichy, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor have all gone on to bigger and better things since leaving.
"And it's nothing to do with money. It's about joining a club with the ambition to win major titles rather than one happy just to drift along in the top four.
"Yes, I know Arsenal stuck by him [Van Persie] when he was struggling with injuries and now it looks like they want him to stay and see out his contract.
"But I have never believed in forcing an unhappy player to stay because it just doesn't work.
"So Arsene should swallow his pride and negotiate the best possible price for Robin so he can move on.
"And if that means RVP joining Manchester City, United or Chelsea, then so be it.
"The boss said last season there was no way he would allow his star striker to move to City after losing Nasri, Clichy, Toure and Adebayor to them in the last three years.
"But that would be a pointless gesture. Instead of worrying about where his players GO, Arsene should be trying to assemble a squad that makes them want to STAY."
Van Persie ended last season as the Premier League's top scorer with 30 goals, helping the Gunners to a third-placed finish.