Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger isn't thinking about his birthday today.

Wenger admits the mood of his 67th birthday on Saturday will be dictated purely by the outcome of Arsenal's Premier League clash with Middlesbrough.

"The result is 99 per cent of my birthday celebrations. Our happiness is linked to our result, not our birthday, and that's what a manager's life is about," Wenger said.

When asked if he feels silly that as a 67-year-old winning is still so important, Wenger replied: "Somewhere, maybe.

"If God exists and one day I go up there, he will ask me if I want to come in what have I done in my life and the only answer I'll have is that I tried to win football games.

"So he will say 'so is that all you've done?'. And the only answer I'll have is that it's not as easy as it looks."