Wenger ponders Arsenal future as Saints loom

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given the club a glimpse of the future by saying he could leave the club when his contract expires in two years' time.

The Frenchman has been in charge of the Gunners since September 1996 but is currently overseeing a seven-year trophy drought.

That prompted previously unthinkable scenes last term, as some Arsenal fans turned on Wenger with chants of "you don't know what you're doing".

And the departure of then captain and star striker Robin van Persie in pre-season -- the latest in a line of Gunners skippers to leave the London side -- to Premier League giants Manchester United, sparked fresh concerns.

Those will only be intensified if Arsenal drop points to a newly promoted Southampton side at the Emirates on Saturday, with the visitors bottom of the table and the only team in the division still without a point."I'm an Arsenal man," said the 62-year-old Wenger. "I think I've always shown that. I have to consider if I do well or not. If I don't do well, I have to consider my future. "At the moment we are not there. Two years is a long time in my job. I just want to do well for the club as long as I can and accept all the rest." Meanwhile Southampton manager Nigel Adkins, having seen his side score against both Manchester United and Manchester City, remained in upbeat mood.

"We have to win games, we know that and we're positive about that. We'll get ready for the next one and fight all the way.

"We managed to score goals against United and City and have to make sure we keep doing that." Table-toppers Chelsea, the Champions League holders, make the short journey to local rivals Queens Park Rangers with the only played three, won three record in the Premier League. But the latest edition of the west London derby continues to be over-shadowed by the fall out from allegations involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand. The match will be the first between the clubs since Chelsea and England defender Terry was found not guilty of using a racial slur against the Hoops' Ferdinand in the corresponding fixture last October.

Terry, still the subject of a Football Association investigation over charges he has always denied, is set to be fit for Saturday's game following an ankle injury suffered on England duty. AFP