1,000-game Wenger insists he’s still learning trade

The 64-year-old Frenchman, appointed in late September 1996, will reach the personal landmark at Chelsea tomorrow lunchtime, when the Gunners will be out to close up to within a point of the Barclays Premier League leaders.

Wenger, who has yet to sign an extension to his contract which runs out this summer, has seen and done it all since arriving at Highbury as a relative unknown coach some 17 seasons ago, but the Frenchman insists the desire to better himself burns as fierce as ever.