Quinn: Get with the times, Wenger

Sometimes these days when you are watching Arsenal it feels better not to watch at all. It can be that painful – hands over your face stuff.

Watching Arsene Wenger in these last few seasons has been like watching an old man who thinks he can still do all the newfangled dance moves while still wearing his sensible old man shoes. He can’t and sometimes it hurts just to watch him try. Yesterday, on the first day of a brand new season, it was especially cruel.

Manchester United were ready when the curtain went up for the early game, beating Bournemouth comfortably in Bournemouth. Zlatan looked like the right mix of a big star and a big bruiser who can thrive in the English game.

And Pogba waiting in the wings seems pointedly like the sort of player Wenger will just never sign. Maybe Pogba will prove to be worth the money, maybe he will fall just short. But for Arsenal fans he will always remind them of the Patrick Vieira-like presence they don’t have anymore.

Mourinho, The Joker to Arsene’s noble Batman, did the business yesterday. Two hours or so later Arsenal were being booed off at the Emirates by their own fans after their 4-3 defeat at the hands of Liverpool. For a time when Arsenal were 4-1 down I actually worried about Arsene’s short-term future for the first time. After all he has done for Arsenal he deserves the right to end his tenure on his own terms.

On the other hand, the argument that he just can’t move with the times grows stronger every time he steps onto the floor and does his old man shuffle. He has grace but he isn’t going to win Strictly!

Jurgen Klopp is another of the new breed of manager who jives around the floor while Wenger’s feet look like they are nailed to it. The German was up and down the line yesterday like Michael Flatley after too many Diet Cokes on a night out. He was kicking every ball with his team, his fists were pumping and his glasses were falling off. Klopp wears his heart on his sleeve and usually that sleeve isn’t attached to a stiff, expensive suit.

Klopp wouldn’t fit everywhere but he fits in Liverpool where the people are more …

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