With the famous five-legged chairman’s chair and the surrounding oak panels that were lovingly transported two streets from the site of the old Highbury Stadium, history seeps from every corner of Arsenal’s boardroom.

Yet when any major judgment is taken inside these four walls, says chief executive Ivan Gazidis, the future will always take priority over the past.

One of the biggest decisions of all now looms and, as our conversation takes its inevitable turn to Arsène Wenger, Gazidis is emphatic about the thought process that will shape every deliberation, not least those of a man who will reach a remarkable 20th anniversary as manager in October.