Arsene Wenger should leave Arsenal this season. For the good of the club, for the preservation of his legacy and to enable he can get the well-celebrated farewell he deserves. Wenger has played the greatest role of all in consolidating Arsenal as one of the world’s biggest football clubs on and off the field.

Saying goodbye will be tough for many, but none more so than Wenger. He has built the club into what it is today and carried them through financial strain without dropping out of contention on the field. For the next stage in the club’s progression, however, Arsenal must find a manager capable of winning things consistently.

Names to succeed Wenger go in and out of vogue. Eddie Howe has been in the front seat at points, Ronald Koeman is often mentioned and Diego Simeone has been banded around on occasion. One name that has made his place at the top of the bookies’ odds on a regular basis, though, is Max Allegri.

And the Juventus coach would be the perfect successor to Wenger, here’s why...

Serial Winner

From the Serie C1 title with Sassuolo in 2008 to his back-to-back Juventus titles in the last two seasons, Max Allegri is a serial winner. He guided a superb Milan side to the Serie A title in 2011, along with a Champions League quarter-final run in 2011/12 and taking Juventus to the final against Barcelona in his first campaign with the Old Lady.

Arsenal need someone with experience of winning trophies if they are to return to the pinnacle of the domestic and European game. Allegri certainly has that.

Fresh Mindset

At only 49, Allegri has enjoyed quite a career. Since his long playing career ended in 2003, he has managed at several different levels of Italian football and eventually proven himself as one of the best bosses in the game.

After the stubborn, principled Wenger, Allegri will ideally provide a willingness to adapt. He has shown at Juventus that he can flexible with his team selection and tactics, something that Wenger has all too often failed to do in recent years.

Final Chance

With the Italy job likely to be heading his way should be still be at Juventus in 2018, Allegri may not be available on the managerial market for quite some time should Arsenal miss their opportunity this summer. It is far from nailed on even this time around, but it may well be their last chance to even open discussions with the Italian.

If he is to ever be Arsenal manager, this is the Gunners’ opening. He might not be the perfect appointment, nor the man that Arsenal would have in a utopian world, but he is the ideal blend to take the reins from Wenger.