The group of Arsenal fans who flew an anti-Stan Kroenke banner during Arsene Wenger’s final match have warned the Gunners owner he will face further pressure if he makes a mess of appointing the Frenchman’s successor.

A string of planes were spotted in the sky over the Kirklees Stadium during Wenger’s final game as Arsenal manager, a 1-0 win at Huddersfield, most bearing warm wishes to the Frenchman as his 22 year reign ended. However one struck a more ominous tone, warning the majority shareholder “Kroenke You’re Next”.

The stunt was organised by the remnants of the No New Contract Movement, who spent much of the 2016-17 season organising imaginative stunts to unseat the manager, including hiring planes for games against West Brom and Stoke, parking vans bearing anti-Wenger outside the Emirates and a string of protest marches.

Though they were unsuccessful, many protests were sparsely attended and some stunts were the subject of derision outside the club, they would ultimately get their wish less than a year later when Wenger announced he would leave the club.

The movement now aims to put pressure on Kroenke, who owns 67 per cent of Arsenal, and their shot across the bows at the Huddersfield game suggested that the widespread bonhomie since Wenger’s announcement could quickly fade if his successor struggles.

“If we get [Manchester City assistant and former Arsenal captain Mikel] Arteta or some other lightweight as a manager we’ll keep protesting,” Chris Butler, a member of the group, told Standard Sport.

“Kroenke’s the one who picks the manager, he’s the one who allowed Wenger to go so far past his sell by date.

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“He needs to show us he actually wants to win trophies otherwise we’ll continue to hound him. If he appoints someone like Arteta and it goes wrong we won't blame the manager. We'll blame Kroenke.”

Butler added that they had opted to book the plane on Wenger’s final match “to counter the ludicrous and over the top accolades to a manager who has underperformed for the best part a decade.”

Wenger laughed off the return of the aircraft, such a sore point amid the dark days in the spring of 2017, in his final post-match press conference: "They had the wrong banner out today!"