Arsene Wenger: I hope this will be my legacy at Arsenal

ARSENE WENGER has revealed what he hopes will be his legacy at Arsenal.

Wenger is the longest-serving manager in English football, having arrived at the club in October 1996, but has entered the final year of his contract.

He could call time on his lengthy spell at the end of the season and has been linked with the England vacancy.

Despite attracting a number of critics in recent years for failing to win the Premier League title since 2004, Wenger believes he will leaving the club in a stronger state than when he arrived for his replacement.

And he hopes the Arsenal brand and image he has carefully crafted will continue for years to come.

“I always felt that as a manager you have an influence on three levels,” Wenger told Arsenal.com.

“One, on the individual careers of the players – you are not successful with every player. Two, on the style of play and the results of the team. Three, on the structure of the club.

“I like to think that the club today is at a different level to when I arrived and as well, when I leave, that I leave a good team with a strong financial resources and good structures at the club.

“My pride [would be] to see somebody come in and do better. At least he is in a position to do better. It is important I think for the legacy.

“For me the club is also about identity and values. The values are carried here by the manager because I have stayed here for a long time.

“I hope that these values, which are respected all over the world, will continue because it is based on respect, humility, togetherness – and also that the club moves forward.”