The veteran French manager's contract at the Emirate is up at the end of the season, but after two decades at the club, he confessed he could not imagine walking away
The Frenchman will reach the milestone in October this year, making him one of the longest-serving managers in be it this season or further down the line.
"Football has been my life, and honestly, I'm quite scared of the day. Because the longer I wait, the more difficult it will be to lose the addiction," he said in an interview published in Game Changers: Inside English Football.
"After [Sir Alex Ferguson ] retired and we played [ Manchester United ] over there he sent a message to me to come up and have a drink with him.
"I asked: Did you miss it? He said: Not at all. I didn't understand that. It's an emptiness in your life, especially when you've lived your whole life waiting for the next game and trying to win it.
"Our pleasure comes from that - and our social attitude as well!"
Wenger added that despite his many years in the game, he still struggled to handle defeats.
"As people, part of us loves to win and part of us hates to lose. The percentage to hate to lose, in me, is bigger," he said.
"Managers hate to lose, and if you don't hate to lose you don't stay for long in this job.
"If a match goes really well, I might go out with friends for dinner or a drink. If it doesn't , I'll go straight home to watch another football game and see another manager suffer.
"If we lose, it ruins my weekend. But I've learned over the years to deal with my disappointments and come back."
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