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Mikael Silvestre has become fed up with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and will quit the club at the end of the season, according to The Mirror. Despite some extended runs in the first team last term after moving from Manchester United, the 32-year-old defender has since settled into a fringe role with the emergence of Thomas Vermaelen. And the Frenchman is reported to be so unhappy with how low he has sunk in Wenger's estimations that he has decided to quit Ashburton Grove in the summer. With Philippe Senderos on loan at Everton, Silvestre had expected to be named in the matchday squad for the midweek Premier League clash against Liverpool as back-up for Vermaelen, William Gallas and left-back Gael Clichy. Sol Campbell and Armand Traore were included instead, and it is said that the former Inter player lost his cool in front of his team-mates when he learned of this latest snub. Even more frustrating for Silvestre is that he allegedly knocked back the advances of Paris Saint-Germain during the January transfer window because he thought he remained a valued member of Wenger's squad.