Ivan Gazidis isn’t a happy man.

Unlike most Arsenal fans who are loving the fact that the club are in second place, in the FA Cup semi-final and generally looking like we have a clue for the first time in a long time, Gazidis wants more.

But, unlike it’s being spun in some other outlets, his comments wouldn’t make any of us here at Cannon Towers believe that there will be an investigation in the summer, after all, given the injury problems the side have experienced this season it’s practically a miracle that we are where we are.

“We are not happy but we are going to keep pushing to the end and see how far we can go,” Gazidis said, prompting some to speculate that Arsene Wenger could be in a bit of bother. Clearly those people never read the rest of what he said.

“We are happy with the way the squad has developed and we are very focused how we can make a positive end to the season.

“After that it will be a question of how can we progress the team further so that we can have an even better season next year. We have a squad that’s clearly coming together. It’s a relatively young squad so it will continue to improve.

“We had a lot of new players this year who are beginning to gel together.

“We had a lot of injuries at the beginning of the season as well. Also coming off a World Cup year there are a lot of complex issues.

“We were trying to put the jigsaws into the right places at the beginning of the season. I think everyone can see those pieces are now beginning to fit. It gives us great optimism for the future.”

See, he even mentions the injury problems himself, something the media seem to be going out of their way to avoid talking about as they discuss why Arsenal had such a slow start to the season.

These comments are the sort you want to hear from your chief exec – imagine the uproar if he said he was content with being second best in the country.

Gazidis is, however, braced for a tough season next campaign as he added “I think the league is going to get more and more competitive.

“I do think that is a long-term trend. People talk about Financial Fair Play inhibiting competition.

“I think it’s completely the opposite because what it means is, you are going to see more Southamptons, more challenger teams coming in because revenue has gone up.

“Most of this new revenue is shared very, very equally around the league.

“We are going to have teams … who will to be able to sign top class players. There will be teams that do it very, very well and they are going to be challenging for those top four places.”

Seems like the perfect time to kick on, if you ask me. Let them fight over fourth, we’ll fight it out for first.

Provided we can keep a large section of the squad fit, of course.