AW "My vision is to make this club the best club in the world; it is as simple as that! I’ve been very lucky to spend 15 years at this club! I live in the present & the future!” Gazidis "A very solid set of financial results!” Gervinho, The Ox talk! Marin Linked!

• Arsene Wenger celebrated 15 years as manager of Arsenal on Friday and still has the same ambition to make the Gunners the best club in the world.

The Frenchman has not won a trophy for six years and faces Tottenham in the North London derby at White Hart Lane at the weekend.

He said: "The vision is to make this club the best club in the world, it is as simple as that. To carry through the values we think are important in the game. I'm very proud of the values I defend in the game and we will try to continue to do that."

When asked how long it might take to put Arsenal on top, Wenger added: "In my life I hope. You may say to me I have to live very long, I don't know. I want to try to give my best because only the best is acceptable and if I don't manage to do it I am very sad. Like when we had a bad start to the season, it is uncomfortable but we keep going."

How long did Wenger think he would last at Arsenal when he arrived at Highbury in 1996.

"One week, two weeks if I was lucky," he said. "I didn't know. I was in exactly the same frame of mind as I am now. I try to do well and see if it works or not, rejected or not, can win or not, like any manager when you come in somewhere."

"I have been very lucky to spend 15 years at this club. I live in the present and the future so I hate to look back. I use the history to improve, that's what I want to do. I am grateful and lucky to have spent so much time at this club, he added."

• Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has reported a "very solid" set of results, despite a fall in turnover and profit.

The Gunners reported group turnover for the year ended May 31, 2011 as £255.7million, down from £379.9million in 2010, while profit before tax was also reduced from £56million to £14.8million.

Reduced income from property sales at the Highbury redevelopment and increase of player wages have played their part, whilst the high-profile summer sales of skipper Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri not taken into account in this period.

The 60,000-seater Emirates Stadium match day income has helped to reduce the group's overall debt down from £135.6million to £97.8million, much of which is secured on low, fixed-interest rate bonds paid back over a long period against the cost of relocation in 2006.

Speaking Gazidis said: "In terms of our financial base and in terms of our platform, we are very secure - it's a good set of results again.

"We haven't seen the same kind of profits from the property side that we have seen in the past but that was entirely to be expected. Our property business is debt-free so any new sales of property do accumulate cash, which is very positive for the future.

"We didn't have the same kind of profit from player sales that we had in the previous season and that explains the slight reduction in profit, but this is a very solid, very healthy set of results and it gives us a good platform to move forward from."

As UEFA prepare to implement Financial Fair Play, Gazidis believes Arsenal's self-sustaining model has given them an advantage.

He added: "The way the club is run is something that we know our fans are very proud of, but they look at the world and they see that player costs are accelerating upwards and they wonder if we can compete.

"I believe we can, I believe we have a really good financial basis to do that, and I also think the football world is moving in our direction.

"We represent the future of the world and all the other clubs are trying to get towards a sustaining model like Arsenal already has.

"We feel we are well set for developments that are going to happen in the game over the next few years.
Arsenal's accounts also revealed a significant reserve of 'cash and short-term deposits' at some £160m.

Gazidis maintained funds were always available to the manager should he wish to use them.

"Certainly we do have money that would be available to spend in the transfer market as Arsene decides is necessary to supplement the squad," Gazidis said.

"Again it's a healthy cash position to be in and with the ability to make moves in the player market if we want to."

• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger feels his young team are now on the right track.

The Frenchman takes his side to Tottenham on Sunday for another hotly-anticipated North London derby and has once again backed his team to the hilt.

"Yes I am very positive about being with this team because I must say they play with focus, good solidarity and we know on the football front we will go from strength to strength," Wenger said.

"What is very important for us at the moment is to get positive results and that is why I am pushing on being positive as well. That what this team needs at the moment."

• Arsenal fans are pleading with manager Arsene Wenger to spend big in January.

On the day boss Wenger celebrated 15 years in charge, the club announced another year of pre-tax profit of £15m while the net debt is down to £97m.

It is believed Wenger has £50m to spend.

Arsenal Supporters' Trust spokesman Tim Payton said: "All of Arsenal's profit comes from its fans.

"We want to see this money invested in our key players like Thomas Vermaelen and Robin van Persie and bringing in world-class stars. It's our cash."

• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he's a big fan of Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric.

Wenger revealed he thought of signing Croat midfielder Luka Modric before he joined Spurs.

He said: "We knew Modric before Tottenham knew him. We played against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League and he played in the same team as Eduardo against us.

"At the time we had Cesc Fabregas, not a bad player. But we were interested in Modric."

Spurs famously beat off a £40million Chelsea bid for Modric while Arsenal sold Fabregas to Barcelona for £40m.

But Wenger said: "Do you think they would have sold Modric if he had one year left on his contract like Nasri?"

• Gervinho says he already feels well settled at Arsenal.

The striker joined in the summer from Lille.

He said: "I'm really enjoying it here, my great passion is being here at Arsenal.

"It's a new challenge and the settling in has brought a few difficulties, but I've got some French-speaking friends, which has helped. It's gone really well and I'm feeling fine."

• Arsenal teen star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wants to taste derby action against Tottenham.

Arsenal's last visit to Tottenham ended in a 3-3 draw in April. It was one of the most compelling games of the season and Oxlade-Chamberlain loved every minute.

"The game last season was fantastic - I was at home watching it on TV. I think that epitomises the derby so it's going to be exciting," he said.

"I have heard the boys say it’s a hostile environment [at White Hart Lane] but it’s a new challenge for me. I am just going to keep taking it all in my stride and keep learning from everything I see."

• A 4-0 first leg away win against Belarusian team Bobruichanka has set Arsenal up nicely for a last 16 appearance in the Women’s Champion League.

Boss Laura Harvey said: "We dominated without playing particularly well, but I'm delighted to have a four-goal cushion for the second leg."

She added: "We could have got more goals, but we're set up nicely for the second leg and I'm confident we'll go through to the last 16."

• Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny wants to stay with the club for 15 years, according to his girlfriend.

Sandra Dziwiszek says Szczesny wants to go down as a Gunners legend.

"He only thinks about Arsenal. He would like to become a legend like David Seaman," Sandra said.

"He started to play here very early and would like to continue throughout the next 15 years. That's his dream and he is doing everything to make it come true."

•  Arsenal are reportedly interested in Werder Bremen midfielder Marko Marin and are considering a £10m bid in the January transfer window.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a keen admirer of the Germany international and has been monitoring him for the past 12 months.

Marin is reportedly wanted by Serie A club Roma, who will provide Arsenal stiff competition in their pursuit of the 22-year-old.

However, it is thought the north London club are in pole position to capture Marin's signature should Bremen allow him to leave.

The former Borussia Monchengladbach star, who can play in a central playmaker role or out on the wing, has been capped 16 times by Germany and is considered one of the brightest talents the country has produced in recent times.