the assurances he needed from the Dodgy Syrup that he'll be left to see out this present contract, hence the emphasis on the fact that he [Wenger] has made inestimable sacrifices to honour his contracts so of course Arsenal should reciprocate and leave him to dither, dally and dick around for another season.
It's invariably the sign of a manager in trouble to drag up past glories. Soon, they'll be references about the state of the club before he arrived. Small stadium, long ball, the paucity of silverware.. Watch this space.