Mohamed Elneny has committed his long-term future to Arsenal.
It was announced on Monday afternoon that the Egyptian midfielder, who arrived from FC Basel in January 2016, had inked an extension to stay at the North London club.
Congratulations to you, @elnenny 🇪🇬https://t.co/vPyOK1hvuI
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 26, 2018
In truth, the news hardly came as much of a surprise. Not only had some reports claimed Elneny was close to agreeing a new deal at The Emirates, the tweet he sent shortly before the announcement was made was as good as confirmation.
Good news Soon… 👀😉
— Mohamed ELNeny (@ElNennY) March 26, 2018
Although there was barely 20 minutes between Elneny’s tweet and official confirmation from the club, this was ample time for some of the Wenger Out Brigade to make the obvious joke.
To them, the ‘good news’ Elneny had promised was interpreted as being the imminent departure of Arsene Wenger, who – as you might have heard – isn’t every Arsenal supporter’s cup of tea at this moment in time.
https://twitter.com/AtIasLion/status/978266123820060673
Wenger’s leaving at the end of the season?
— Hardest Sneezer 👃🏼 𝕏 (@JWNewark) March 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/U8Rolls/status/978276249104773120
Wenger leaving?
— ManLikeArséne (@KiddyYusuf) March 26, 2018
Is Wenger finally leaving?
— astronautovic (@astronautovic14) March 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/WilshTheWonder/status/978268513843535872
You get the gist.
For now at least, it doesn’t appear Wenger is going anywhere – especially not judging by the tweet which Elneny followed his announcement with…
Officially we will be together for a longer time, in order to reach what we started, and to put arsenal in it's deserved spot In Europe and the whole world#WeAreArsenal ♥️♥️#WeAreGunners 💪🏼💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/1Sg8JzVhmt
— Mohamed ELNeny (@ElNennY) March 26, 2018
After it emerged that Wenger’s position as Arsenal boss will be reviewed at the end of the current campaign, it was reported over the weekend that he will be replaced by former Borussia Dortmund manager, Thomas Tuchel. Many Arsenal supporters, however, remain unconvinced that this is actually the case.
