Gilberto Silva feels coach Wenger s time at Arsenal is up

Rio de Janeiro March 7 (IANS) Former Arsenal star Gilberto Silva has said it is time for the London football club to part ways with long-time chief coach Arsene Wenger.

Calls for Wenger to step down have grown louder after Arsenal s 1-3 loss to Liverpool on Saturday a result that left the Gunners fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) standings reports Xinhua news agency.

I feel that the time has come Gilberto was quoted as saying by Sambafoot on Monday.

The more the past is coming to a close the more his time is coming -- not because he can t do the job any longer but perhaps because the other clubs have changed their way of working the way of doings things.

Gilberto won two FA Cups during a six-year spell at the London club and was part of Wenger s Invincibles team that swept to the 2003-04 EPL title without losing a match.

He hasn t changed much he hasn t changed his way of working. It is not so easy to compete with clubs who spend a lot of money every season said Gilberto who played in Brazil s 2002 World Cup-winning team.

Wenger has spent a lot more years than them in the Premier League. They are younger and motivated. They have a lot of energy to look around and source ways to win against Wenger. He has his own way of working in which he believes. Irrespective of whether you are either a young or an old coach you have to believe in something and that s what he does.

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