Wenger can stay as long as he wants - Ljungberg

Arsene Wenger has earned the right to step down from
the Arsenal job whenever he likes, according to Freddie
Ljungberg.

Former Arsenal winger Freddie Ljungberg believes Arsene
Wenger deserves the chance to step down from the manager's
job whenever he feels the time is right.

Wenger was appointed at Arsenal in 1996, arriving in the
Premier League as a largely unknown quantity following
previous spells in charge of Monaco and Nagoya Grampus
Eight.

The Frenchman has had a significant impact in British football
over the intervening 19 years, revolutionising Arsenal's
approach to diet and fitness, as well as the club's style of play.
And Ljungberg, who spent nine years under Wenger - winning
two Premier League titles and three FA Cups, as well as
reaching the Champions League final in 2006 - says his former
manager can be proud of his legacy.

"It's all up to him, how long he wants to stay at the club,"
the Grassroot Soccer ambassador and former Sweden
international told Omnisport.

"He's been there a long time but he's built how they play today,
the style and the culture.

"It's what everyone talks about around the world, that's what
people remember from Arsenal at the moment.

"So I think what he's done, whenever he wants to retire he can
retire.

"He has a contract, he never breaks it, so at least that we
know."

Ljungberg was speaking at a Grassroot Soccer charity event to
mark World AIDS Day, which was also attended by former
Arsenal colleague Robert Pires.

The funds raised by the players will be spent on a range of
unique sports-based partnerships in 50 countries around the
world, including a community project in South Africa and
Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing tournaments in
Zimbabwe.