ARSENE WENGER has claimed the last four years in charge of Arsenal has been the best period of his 13 year tenure.

The Frenchman has had to endure plenty of criticism in that time, as the Gunners have failed to win a trophy since the FA Cup in 2005.

But the period has seen the club move into the Emirates Stadium, as well as consistently balancing the books every season.

"I think moving into a new stadium and keeping the team at the top in the last four years is, for me, my best period at my club," said Wenger on Arsenal.com.

"Unfortunately it is as well the period when we have not won trophies. But people forget that we have been reasonably consistent. It has been the most difficult period but as well for me the period where I worked the best.

"To move into a new stadium and yet still make some money in every single year without the team dropping the level, then maintaining a successful period in the Champions League, and doing reasonably well in the League has been quite difficult."