"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Wenger was a master of implementing a good scouting network. A blue print for others to follow and they did with more money. He was not a master of spending big and not one for developing youth.
So what next?
He kept us ticking along but with a combination of transfer restrictions and his own limitations, what were we really capable of achieving?
"Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman