Sportsday - Arsene Wenger, FA Cup news, gossip and social media

Summary

FA Cup news conferences including Chelsea & Man City
Arsene Wenger to decide on future in March or April
Will manage next season 'whether at Arsenal or elsewhere'
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Jamie Lillywhite

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Your favourite FA Cup memoriespublished at 08:35 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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Alpine World Ski Championshipspublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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BBC Sport Gossip Columnpublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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Arsene Wenger is even dominating the BBC Sport Gossip Column, with Wenger telling German TV station ZDF before that crushing 5-1 defeat at Bayern that he expects to make a decision about his future in March or April.
On the player front, Lucas Perez is prepared to leave Arsenal this summer in order to fulfil his dream of playing for Spain in the 2018 World Cup.
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'Bad period'published at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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Former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp described the performance as "terrible" and Pochettino admitted Tottenham were in a "bad period" with only two wins in their last six matches, after winning their previous seven in a row.
Star striker Harry Kane suffered a knee injury but is expected to be available, external for Sunday's FA Cup tie at Fulham, though he may be rested by Pochettino who says: "We need to refresh the team and we'll do that. Tottenham will play in Fulham on Sunday. It's not the name of the players, it's the club.
"We'll see, but we'll put out a team with aims to win and be ready again to compete."
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Spurs fail to impresspublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino had rather more reason to be unhappy as his Spurs side slipped to a 1-0 defeat in their Europa League last 32 first-leg match at mid-table Belgian side Gent, their fourth successive match without a goal from open play.
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Mourinho unimpressedpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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Jose Mourinho was not happy with his team, however, particularly the first-half display, and explains: "I had the feeling immediately in the dressing room - too noisy, too funny, too relaxed.
"Then my assistants had the feeling in the warm-up, with some of the guys not really focused on getting the right adrenaline in their bodies."
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Ibrahimovic inspires Man Utd winpublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
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So Zlatan Ibrahimovic claimed the match ball as his hat-trick helped Manchester United to a 3-0 victory against Saint-Etienne in their Europa League last-32 first-leg tie at Old Trafford.
The 35-year-old struck with a deflected free-kick after 15 minutes, tapped home from close range on 75 minutes and added a late penalty in the closing stages.
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The Daily Express
The Daily Express, external claims Wenger will not be offered a "role upstairs" if he decides to leave this summer.
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The Daily Telegraph
But the Daily Telegraph, external insists Arsenal have started looking for successors to the 67-year-old Frenchman.
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The Times
The Times, external say Wenger is not under pressure from the Arsenal hierarchy to give them a decision and also have an exclusive revealing that the Jockey Club is considering alternatives to their controversial plans to close Kempton Park, which include a smaller redevelopment that would safeguard the future of the 139-year-old racecourse.
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Postpublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
The Daily Star
Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson tells the Daily Star, external Wenger should go but that the club is "just a money-making exercise for Stan Kroenke."
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Postpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
Daily Mirror
Arsenal expert John Cross reveals in the Daily Mirror, external that club insiders had rated Wenger's chances of signing a new deal at 50-50 but Wednesday's 5-1 defeat at Bayern Munich has convinced him to leave. The Mirror says Arsenal have begun discreet enquiries about potential replacements and unless Wenger has a remarkable change of heart he will walk away when his £8m-a-year contract expires this summer.
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The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail, external say Arsene Wenger is ready to end his 21-year reign as Arsenal boss.
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Welcomepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2017
Hello, good morning and welcome, to the final Sportsday of the week from Salford. All eyes will be on Arsene Wenger this morning. The veteran Frenchman no doubt wanted to talk about Monday's FA Cup tie with Sutton in his news conference, but the questions are rather more likely to be geared towards his future and we will hear what he says from 09:00 GMT, but first let's see what the newspapers say - and that is also mainly all about Arsene.