Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez admits he's flattered by talk of succeeding Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

But the Spaniard insists he's happy on the Tyneside.

Benitez, who turned 58 on Monday, was asked about the Arsenal stories on Spanish radio.

He said: "The fact that you get linked, it is something positive because it makes you proud of your career trajectory.

"People in England are conscious of the fact that experience in the Premier League is important and, what is more, you go to other competitions and other leagues and win as well.

"They see that experience, when a team is struggling to get into the top four, with that experience - the coaches who while they are still young, because 58 for a coach is still young - they know the Premier League, and they know what it is to compete, what it is to win, that is what they value.

"There are people that talk about 'Young coaches and we give them time', but when a club wants to win quickly what they want is results and results with people who have been here for a while and know what the Premier League is and how difficult it can be."