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Consider for a moment that you're the owner/chairmen of any one of the big clubs (Chelsea, City, United, Arsenal and Spurs) and seeing the position they are in, what would you do at the end of season?

Just a fun game to see each person's opinion on the other clubs and what they'd do to improve them.

Now, consider that you're the owner/chairman of us, what would you do in that position to improve us?

If I was an Arsenal fan I'd want Wenger gone!

Good call.

If I was in charge of Arsenal that'd be my main move this season.
Problem is, who's available that'd 1) want the job and 2) do better than just top 4 each season?
I think I'd be looking very closely at Klopp or even try and get Loew out of the German side (possible?)
Not too much change in game, managers that have won things recently and could both work with the squad at hand whilst having big enough names to bring in class players.
Give either around 50-60m depending on ffp and whatever is brought in through player sales.

United - Van Gaal would be out at the end of this season no matter what and the first person I'd want replacing him would be Guus Hiddink.
Hiddink, for me, is one of the best in the world. Even if it's a one year project he would transform the club making it ready for the next generation.
Again, probably give him a decent chest as his player sales won't be sky high.

Spurs - Stick with Pochettino and invest to let him get rid of the dross in that side and make his own squad. He is young, driven, plays attractive energetic football and could do very well given faith and a few years. Spurs need to stop chopping and changing.

City - Pellegrini has to go. Poor against the big sides and makes the same mistakes continually. They need a proven tactician to build a squad and bring in the next generation there with a lot of their players reaching their end. I honestly think Rafa would be incredible at City given 4 windows to change the squad and he would be first choice for me.
I don't think Pep would be able to fix this side, he's never had to build a squad and I don't think City can afford to gamble on that. Failing Benitez maybe they could bring In someone like Conte or Allegri. With Italian managers you know you'll more often than not get a solid defensive structure and that's needed at the club desperately.

Chelsea - Keep doing what you're doing Abramovic, stick with Mourinho and you'll win trophies. Can't deny that although he's a [oops], he's a good manager.

Arsenal might call time on Wenger if he doesn't get top 4 but I can't see it otherwise. Low isn't leaving Germany till after Euros at the earliest. Klopp would be pretty lucky to get the gig after such a bad season.

Van Gaal is currently in 4th in his first year in England with a bunch of new players. Top 4 is his objective. IF he gets that he has succeeded, why would they get rid?

Spurs can stick or twist, it doesn't really matter, they can't get a top manager and they don't pay top wages so it isn't going anywhere great fast.

City will sack Pellegrini. You can't spend as much as he has without buying a single player who's regularly doing it for the first team. Also like Abramovic some time ago City's next step is to do well in Europe and Pellegrini keeps falling massively short.

Chelsea have one of the best managers in the would, if not the best though saying that will draw anger from many other Liverpool fans, but his trophies and success in 4 different countries tell the tale better than our bitter scramblings for sticks to beat him with such as the cliche he's had money, he doesn't stay long, well so do many other managers but no one achieves what he does. So like you say, stick with it.

City should go all out for Diego Simeone from Atletico Madrid then they would be a serious force both domestically and in Europe.

If I was the owner of Manure I'd sell to Hicks and the best a man can get

Simple really, consult with your manager to identify the weaker areas of your squad. Then strengthen with proven top quality players that suit your style of play, like Chelsea did so successfully last summer. It’s not rocket science really.

So at each of the clubs mentioned you'd keep the current manager in charge?

Sacking managers is an admission of your own failure and incompetence in the first place. Some fans seem to think that the solution to every problem, real and imagined is solved by sacking your manager, however that usually solves very few problems, and often creates as many problems as it solves.
City have a good and proven manager, he’s the current PL champion. The intelligent thing to do is identify with him where any current weaknesses exist and sort them out, by reinforcing in the appropriate manner.
Chelsea are looking like they’re going fine as they are and if I was Chairman/owner I’d do the same thing there, i.e review with my manager and identify any areas that can be further improved on for the next campaign.
United need to continue the rebuild, and as chairman/owner I’d give Van Gall at least one or two more seasons to complete his task, and review things after that.
Spurs need a period of stability and as you said yourself he needs to be supported rather than sacked.
Arsenal have a very able manager that has got them to the quarter final stages of the CL every year for the past fifteen and has virtually paid off their stadium development costs. He’s won a trophy recently and needs to be supported with strengthening, sacking him could usher in considerable instability.
Liverpool have a manager that has worked miracles with cheapish young potentials on a shoestring, I’d have to be off my head to sack him.

Fair calls. Have to disagree with you regarding City considering they still haven't managed to get out of the last 16 in the CL after the billion or whatever it is they've put into transfers.
Also, I wouldn't be keeping LVG but opinion makes this more interesting.