ARSENAL chairman Sir Chips Keswick fuelled speculation that Arsene Wenger could leave the club after he walked out at Selhurst Park after the second goal.
The 77-year-old couldn’t bare to watch his side suffer another humiliation, and left the ground after midfielder Yohan Cabaye doubled Crystal Palace’s lead in the 63rd minute according to the Daily Mail.
Sam Allardyce‘s men ended up beating the Gunners 3-0, leaving their chances of finishing in the top four all but over as they trail fourth-placed Manchester City by seven points.
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It’s highly unusual that a chairman at such an esteemed would depart the ground early as a sign of respect, but Keswick – a merchant banker, simply had enough.
One Football League chairman at Selhurst on Monday said: “It was astonishing to see him just up and leave. It’s just not done.
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“Arsenal, known for their high standards, should be very embarrassed at such a lack of basic courtesy.”
Keswick became the Chairman of the North London side in 2013, and said in March that Wenger‘s future at the club – whether he would stay or sign a new deal, would be a “mutual decision.”
The Arsenal fans sang in their mass numbers ‘Arsene Wenger, we want you to go,’ as well as choruses of ‘you’re not fit to wear the shirt’ to the players in their recent defeat.
For the first time under the Frenchman, a season without Champions league football looks to be an inevitability, and to make matters worse look doomed to finish under rivals Tottenham Hotspur, as they sit 14 points behind them with just eight games to play.
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