Arsene Wenger: Chelsea will not go down, says Arsenal boss

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Arsene Wenger: Chelsea will not go down, says Arsenal boss

Chelsea are not in a relegation fight despite lying just a point above the Premier League's bottom three, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
With the Blues 16th in the table, the club's board has met to discuss the future of boss Jose Mourinho.
"If you ask me objectively: 'Will Chelsea go down?' I say: 'No, no chance'," said Wenger, who has clashed numerous times with Mourinho.
"They are in a difficult spell, but they are not in a relegation battle."
Wenger was called a "specialist in failure" by Mourinho in February 2014, with the Frenchman labelling the remark both "disrespectful" and "embarrassing".
The Arsenal boss also physically pushed Mourinho in Chelsea's 2-0 victory over the Gunners later that year.
Portuguese Mourinho clashed with Wenger in his first spell as Chelsea boss in 2005, calling his rival a "voyeur".
Asked if he thought Chelsea's best chance of turning their form around was to keep Mourinho, Wenger added: "I do not want to assess any other things over Chelsea because it's not my problem."