The Gunners, who host Leeds in the third round tomorrow night, have not secured a trophy since Patrick Vieira lifted the 2005 FA Cup after a penalty shoot-out win over Manchester United in Cardiff.

That was the fourth FA Cup win of Wenger's Arsenal tenure, which also included two doubles and a famous undefeated championship season of 2003/2004.

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The 62-year-old Frenchman, though, revealed he has never been one to place much sentimental value on silverware.

Wenger said: "I don't know where I have my medals or where the 'Invincibles' medal is, because it is more important what is in front of you.

"I look forward for the next game, for the next win. That is the life of a top-level player.

"A top-level player wants to play at the top. He wants to win medals, yes, but there is a difference between playing in the Champions League and playing at a lower level."

Wenger added: "It is very important for us to win against Leeds on Monday night, but the basis of our life at the top level is dictated by the championship.

"If we can add on top of that the FA Cup, it is fantastic.

"However, our life, at the level where we are, with the wages we have, and the aspirations we have, is to play in the Champions League. After that you want, of course to win all the other trophies.

"The FA Cup is something that is for enjoyment. It is a bonus that we want.

"But for us, Champions League is something which is needed and compulsory."

Arsenal may not have delivered any silverware since their 2006 move to the Emirates Stadium, but Wenger insists the club have not stood still.

"You want your fans to be proud of trophies, but also to consider the achievement," the Gunners boss continued.

"Everybody is entitled to view it differently, but you can't compare winning the Carling Cup to every year coming out of the group stage and every year qualifying for the Champions League.

"If we had been out of top European quality for 10 years and won one or two cups, it would be different, but I do not try to defend the fact that we did not win [trophies].

"It has always looked like 'ah you have not won a trophy so you have been nowhere for five years' - but in the same five years we have been in the semi-finals of the Champions League and final of the Champions League.

"One day you will realise that it is not as easy as it looks - and this year we are again one of the two [English] teams who qualified [for the last 16]."

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is likely to feature at some stage tomorrow having rejoined the club on a short-term loan deal from New York Red Bulls.

The 34-year-old Gunners' record goalscorer is set for a six-and-a-half-week stay which will take in games against Manchester United and the first leg of the Champions League clash at AC Milan, as well as possibly the visit of Tottenham on February 26.

Wenger maintains there have been no thoughts to the possibility of trying to negotiate an extension until the end of the season.

"If we have a problem [to let Henry leave in February] then it means he has done well so I hope we will have the problem," the Arsenal manager said.

"But at the moment I can just say no, that is not envisaged at all."