BELEAGUERED Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has decided to stay at the club, British media reported Monday.

    The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror said Wenger will inform Arsenal’s board he wants to extend his contract, which expires at the end of the season. West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis said Wenger told him he intended to stay on after Arsenal’s 1-3 defeat at The Hawthorns on Saturday.

    Wenger, 67, has come under fire after Arsenal was thrashed by Bayern Munich in the Champions League and slipped out of the Premier League’s top four. Supporters renewed calls for him to step down during the Saturday loss, with some holding banners: “WENGER OUT.”

    Speaking after the game, Wenger said he would make his intentions public “very soon.”

    (SD-Agencies)