The year is 1996. Arsenal have just finished fifth in the Premier League - 19 points behind champions Manchester United - and parted ways with manager Bruce Rioch. A new direction is needed to bring back the glory years of 1988/89 and 1990/91, both title-winning campaigns under George Graham. Introducing Arsene Wenger - a relatively inexperienced French manager with an average playing career and 12 years of management under his belt. He arrived from Nagoya Grampus Eight, Japan, with a philosophy: spend wisely and play beautiful football. With a strong foundation in place - David Seaman, Tony Adams and Dennis Bergkamp were already at the club - Wenger spent just £3.5 million in the transfer window on a certain Patrick Vieira. Nicolas Anelka then arrived in January from Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee to help Wenger mark his first season as Arsenal manager with a third-placed finish. Marc Overmars (£7m), Emmanuel Petit (£3.5m) and Matthew Upson (£1.2m) all followed suit in the summer of 1997 and proved shrewd acquisitions as Arsenal completed a Premier League and FA Cup double. And the rest is history. Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Sol Campbell joined Arsenal in the coming years to spearhead a golden era for the club, winning a further two Premier League titles - one of which 'The Invincibles' season - and three FA Cups. Wenger's reign at Arsenal will end this season and while it will conclude without a fourth Premier League crown, he has added three more FA Cup triumphs to become the competition's most successful ever manager. Having decided to call it quits, he leaves behind a legacy that, irrespective of his strained relationship with Arsenal fans, will never be forgotten.