Arsene Wenger was on good form during his pre-Manchester City presser on Thursday morning but could his tongue-in-cheek comments regarding his future at the club be causing more harm than good?

• Wenger’s contract runs out at the end of this season
• The boss has been at Arsenal for 21 years
• Wenger’s report to be extending his deal by 2 years

After Arsenal’s 3-1 loss to West Brom before the international break, Wenger confirmed that he’d finally come to a decision regarding his future the club. But he wasn’t going to reveal it just yet.

Tony Pulis claimed that Wenger had told him he’s staying and the media exploded the following day with claims that the Frenchman is either extending by one or two years in north London.

Ahead of City, Wenger was typically evasive when quizzed about the subject, shooting down any questions to do with his future and even claiming that the issue of where he’ll be next season isn’t an immediate concern.

“(You won’t find out my decision) today but I’m very clear in my mind,” he said.

“But anyway, do I stay two months or two years? My commitment will be exactly the same. The time I spent here does not influence my attitude at all.”

On whether his reluctance to announce his plans is causing instability at the club, he insisted it isn’t, saying, “No. The priority in life is always to focus on what is important and not to look for excuses. At the moment our results are not going the way we want, but as well we have to make sure that the priority for us is what happens on the pitch. Being professional is to perform on the football pitch and not to find escape excuses where I think there are not.”

Although it’s good to see the big buy smiling and having a joke around in pressers again after a pretty rough period, the uncertainty surrounding Arsenal and who will be the manager next season is beginning to do fans’ heads in.

Not only do we not know whether our two best players, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, will be at the club next season or if we’ll be in the Champions League or not, we don’t know who our manager’s going to be.

If Arsenal’s manager next season isn’t an important issue, what the hell is?