Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists his motivation has nothing to do with money.

Wenger will be nearly 70 by the time his current contract ends and admitted he had no idea what made him carry on at an age when others are putting their feet up.

He said: “There are two ways: you ignore your age and you live like you live forever, or you think 'OK, I think I am born for competition'.

“My real need is the desire to compete. It has never been financial. If it was, I would not be here."

Wenger also said: “In the evolution of the modern society the weight of the present has become predominant to the past and the future.

“Everybody is in a struggle to survive here and now."