As chief of global football development. He will oversee the rules-making panel known as IFAB, coaching programs and technical analysis of games at FIFA tournaments.
Maybe I'm being too hard on and not fair to Wenger just because he's 70 years old or something. I've characterized FIFA as being regressive and unwilling to change the Game for the better (except for VAR!) in the past. But he's replacing Marco Van Basten, someone who in this role has at least suggested the possibility of considering major, fundamental changes, like these:
I know, I know. I advocate fundamental, significant changes to the Game. Something that one of you characterized as "bananas", and a characterization probably 99% of you would agree with. But FIFA is a regressive organization. In my opinion.