If the current rate of change continues, then 69 of the 92 League teams will be under new management by the end of May.

Arsenal boss Wenger believes the rapid turnover of managers will have damaging repercussions, because the men in charge will attempt to bring instant success and therefore not spend time developing the younger players.

‘‘For me it is crazy, because it is against football,’’ said Wenger.

‘‘If managers know they face the sack after one or two bad results, then they will no longer care about working on what makes a club strong, which is the youth team players.

‘‘Why should a manager take a risk by putting in a youth team player? They will just take the best players, work on getting them sharp, and try to win the next game they won’t worry about anything else in the club.

‘‘I know that situation well because it happens in Brazil, and Brazilian football is going downhill.

‘‘When a manager loses two games he is out. A new one comes in and changes everything, so there is no continuity and no work on the youth team players.

‘‘So for me, it is a very dangerous trend at the moment, because it means it will stifle the development of young players.’’

Wenger, who took over at Highbury in 1996, is one of the few managers in the business who does not fear for his job.

He believes a manager needs at least four or five years to establish himself in his position, and also wants to see new young bosses being given a chance.

‘‘You need to work at a club for four or five years before you can begin to be judged,’’ said Wenger.

‘‘If you keep sacking managers and replacing them with the ones who are already out of work, then you will not get new talent coming through.

‘‘There are immediate consequences all the time and I find that dreadful for football.

‘‘A chairman will not take a chance on a young manager because he is under the same pressure. We need strong chairmen who can resist the pressure from the media and the fans, and make the right decisions.

‘‘The trend at the moment is quick decisions and impatience, and for me that goes against football.

‘‘The clubs who have stability have success, and the clubs who have no stability have no success.

‘‘I feel under pressure in every game because I want to win the game, not because I am scared of being sacked, so that is a healthy pressure.’’

Wenger takes his high-flying team to Sunderland tomorrow looking to erase some bitter memories from their last visit to the Stadium of Light.

Arsenal lost there on the opening day of last season, Patrick Vieira was sent off, and Wenger was allegedly involved in a scuffle in the tunnel.

Wenger believes his team were left emotionally scarred by that experience, and it affected their away form for the whole of last season.

Arsenal have put that right this term and the manager hopes they will prove the point tomorrow.

‘‘It is all linked with what is going on in your head,’’ said Wenger. ‘‘The fact we lost that first game at Sunderland had a big impact, because we were going forward so much and lost. That played a big part on the minds of the players.

‘‘Sunderland are under pressure to get points at the moment and the atmosphere will be intense there.

‘‘But my players are more positive going forward away from home and we know that if we perform at the top level we can gain the points.’’