Alisher Usmanov has accused Arsène Wenger of not learning from his mistakes as manager of Arsenal.

Usmanov is Arsenal's second largest shareholder after Stan Kroenke.

“He is one of the greatest coaches, not just of European, but of world football," said Usmanov. "But we have a Russian proverb which goes: “Even an old lady can have a roof falling on her.

“Everybody makes mistakes. He can make mistakes and I know as you age it is more difficult, more challenging to accept one’s mistakes. Does [Wenger] have money or not? There is officially money in the club.

“Arsenal is a dream that sometimes becomes a mirage and sometimes a pain as every dream. [The] potential of the team is there but there is no critical evaluation of mistakes and they need to need to acknowledge them. Because no genius can retain the same level of genius if they do not acknowledge mistakes. It’s only when you admit your mistakes that you can get rid of them.

“My opinion – and I tell it openly – we need to strengthen every position to play on the level of such teams in [the] UK as Chelsea and Manchester City, in Europe like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and other clubs.”