Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has warned
fans that there is no guarantee of trophies next season, despite masterminding the club's biggest ever summer spending spree.
Wenger has already broken their transfer record to sign Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, in a £52million deal and may have to do the same again to land Monaco midfielder, Thomas Lemar.
Although the Gunners' boss is adamant that
he is still hungry for success, he did his best
to play down expectations, while speaking to
the media in Australia at the start of this year's pre-season tour.
But though the Gunners' boss said his desire
for success is as strong as ever, he did his best to play down expectations.
"We want to win trophies, but you cannot live
inside a club thinking you want to win the next trophy and, if you don't win it, you have lost.
"The club has a stronger basis than that. On a
personal level, I want to win every game.
When we lose a game I'm absolutely mad and
sad, but it is part of being a coach.
"I've been lucky to have had a very long career in my job and I'm completely committed to work for Arsenal.
"To do well of course means to win the Premier League, hopefully to win the Champions League as well, but I think I have stayed at Arsenal for such a long time because for me a club is firstly about values, the values I hold dear.
"One is to win trophies but more important is to know who we are, and what is important to us.
"I will always try to defend what I think is
important in our sport, that means the values
of our game. Football is a very popular sport
now all over the world and there is a big
responsibility.
"I think one of the ways to face up to the
responsibility is to defend the values. That is
important to me," Wenger said.
The Frenchman suffered a fan backlash last
season, as Arsenal finished outside the top
four for the first time in his 21-year-reign.
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