My overwhelming emotion is one of sadness. Beyond his family, Arsenal and football are Arsene Wenger’s two greatest loves. To give up one of them will feel like a bereavement.
That is what it felt like to me when my time with the club ended. I spent 18 years of my career there and, even now, I still have not really got over leaving. To leave Arsenal Football Club hurts to the very core.
For many of Wenger’s former players — myself included — it will feel like a part of them is gone from the club for ever following his departure.