Not only does it look as Arsenal is going through another season without silverware (unless they can produce a miracle against AC Milan), but it also seems as they have lost the position as the top North London football club to the rivals Tottenham Hotspurs. Pressure is on Wenger.

Arsène Wenger, Le Professeur, joined Arsenal in 1996 and is the club's longest serving manager and without saying the most successful with 3 Premier League titles, 4 F.A. Cup titles and 4 Community Shield titles. However, Wenger has not managed to bring silverware to Arsenal since 2005 and the shareholders are losing their patience with him according to The Telegraph. As I see it, Wenger need to change three factors in order to keep his job and more important to get Arsenal back in the top of Premier League.

The philosophy

When Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996 he did not just revolutionise the way the Gunners played football, he also changed the whole philosophy of the club.

Le Professeur has always - made talents, not bought them - which have been a pride for the Arsenal fans as well giving the club, the by the media, often used nickname The Young Guns. There is no doubt that Wenger have brought made som talents through time as club legend Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie and newest Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. But what have gone wrong since Arsenal won titles with a young club until today? One of the answers could be the age gap. While Arsenal earlier had a perfect mix of young and old key players, is the squad today full of young players, older reserves, as Sebastien Squillaci, and only one or two key players as Robin Van Persie.

One of the key factors in the rebuilding Arsenal is for Wenger to start spending money on established profiles, which we have seen a bit of by the signing of Mikel Arteta. It is time for Arsène Wenger to open his eyes and realise that he cannot win the Premier League by only young talents. Arsenal needs profiles, and we all know that the money is there to be spent. This brings us to the next factor:

Keeping the players

Another problem for Arsenal and Arsène Wenger is the lack of ability to keep the best players in the club. We have seen it over and over again: Players leaving when they are at their best. Patrick Viera did it, Thierry Henry did it, Cesc Fabregas did it, Samir Nasri did it and the next to leave could well be Robin Van Persie. The profiles often express a request for bringing other key players to the club, and when Arsenal fails to do so, they leave them self.

As mentioned is Robin Van Persie most likely to be the next Gunner to leave Arsenal, as his contract ends next summer. This is another problem in the club. Wenger and Arsenal is simply not fast enough to give the players new and longer contracts, and often ends up selling the players half price or letting them go on a free transfer.

However, as the former Gunner Emmanuel Petit said to the Telegraph:

"We should not hesitate to talk about the end of the cycle. Regardless of age, we have to look seriously at certain players. Right now."

I could not agree more. Arsenal simply have to clear out in the squad and get rid of talents who did not get the break-through, get rid of the reserves that never plays and get rid of the marginal players as Thomas Rosicky and Nicklas Bendtner (for good). It is time to start a new Arsenal. In order to rebuild Arsenal, Wenger needs his back cleared. This brings us to:

The fans

The American owner of Arsenal Stan Kroenke is behind Arsène Wenger and have given him his full support doing this season. No doubt, that with Korenke behind him, Wenger is safe. However, if the silverware hungry fans does not see some trophies within the next 1-2 seasons am I afraid it is the end for the manager.

Wenger is aware of this and was fast to apologise to the fans for the humiliating defeat against AC Milan. The fans are the most important for the football clubs as they are the living. If they loose patience with Wenger, he is off no matter what Kroenke do or says. Another season behind the Spurs will probably not be accepted.

What Wenger needs to do

It would be too easy to answer this by saying: Win trophies. However, this is the cold, hard truth. But in order to win the trophies Arsenal needs to spend money on established players and change the philosophy to rebuild the team. That said, Wenger should still keep finding talents and bring them to the Arsenal, but the Gunners need some stability. By spending money on new profiles to the club, he will also be able to keep his current key players. Could Arsenal win a trophy next season - just one - some of the pressure would be off Wenger shoulders, and he would have the full back up from the fans. The question is if Wenger can manage this.

But as one of the banners at Emirates Stadium says: