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questions that. I question myself a lot to be better every day and I will sit down every year with my board to see where I go.

“But I would just like to assure you my hunger to be successful with this club is absolutely huge and, no matter what happens one day, I will always love this club for ever and be an eternal fan.”

Asked to clarify, having raised the possibility he may leave earlier than expected, Wenger later added: “I have been at the club 21 years and I want to feel I do well and see what the board thinks of my performance and, after that, we decide where we go.”

Wenger also issued a rallying cry to angry fans, following three defeats in the opening nine games and said: “Be behind the team.

“I acknowledge they lost three games they shouldn’t have lost, but I think as well that there is huge desire and potential to do well.”

Gunners chief executive Gazidis, quizzed about the club’s transfer policy during yesterday’s stormy AGM at the Emirates, came out fighting.

“There is one very accurate way to assess how well clubs perform in this area over time,” Gazidis said.

“It is to compare team performance against expenditure on transfers.

“No club has a perfect record every year but Arsenal has probably been, of the big clubs certainly, the most consistently over-performing team over time.

“That is despite the criticism we get and the emotion here in the room and despite some very loud subjective narratives and a great deal of inaccurate information.

“I agree completely that we have to find ways to perform better. We want to compete at the top of the most competitive league in the world and that’s why we are making investments and giving deep thought to how we can improve further in this area.”

Three FA Cups has been Arsenal’s trophy tally since their last title win in 2004, though this is their first season out of the Champions League since 1996-97. But Gazidis’