Should have went 5 seasons ago.........but I salute him for his football philosophy, ability to help develop high caliber footballers and his refusal to get drawn into overpaying for players, too bad though because teams who came up after have eclipsed Arsenal's efforts, based on the fact they weren't shook to drop massive sums on players.
Sure they've had an oligarch here and a sheik there, but Arsenal's continental equivalents ie Barcelona and Ajax weren't afraid to do the same in the past or present, (in Ajax's case way back in the past) they've always developed talent and then went out and acquired the missing pieces if necessary.
All the blame can't be laid at his feet though one and a half things in his defense:
1 a - He's been saddled with a board that have handcuffed him for years when it came to acquiring players, often you got the impression that when he said he wouldn't overpay; he was merely towing the company line.
1 b - The battle between Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov and it's knock on effect with regards to transfers policies etc, too long to goo into.