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Arsene Wenger has played down hypothesis connecting him with a move to Spanish champions Barcelona toward the finish of the season, saying his first inclination is amplify his stay at Arsenal.

Barcelona mentor Luis Enrique has affirmed he will leave the club toward the finish of the present crusade and Wenger is among the bookmakers’ top choices to supplant him.

Sevilla’s Jorge Sampaoli, Athletic Bilbao’s Ernesto Valverde, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino and Everton’s Ronald Koeman are the other driving contenders.

“No, my inclination is dependably the same, it will continue as before,” Wenger told correspondents on Thursday when inquired as to whether he was occupied with the Barcelona work.

“I’ve been here 20 years and commonly had the chance to take off. I don’t need to persuade you my inclination has dependably been Arsenal.

“I am not searching for occupations of different clubs or employments of other individuals. I am simply concentrating on getting to the following level and attempt to make strides. Able chiefs dependably attempt to show signs of improvement, to reexamine themselves.”

The yearly objection for Wenger’s head has become louder than any time in recent memory this season taking after Arsenal’s 5-1 crush by Bayern Munich in the principal leg of their last-16 conflict in the Champions League a month ago.

Wenger, who is out of agreement toward the finish of the season, gave his most grounded indication in years that he could leave Arsenal in the wake of that annihilation, saying he would oversee next season, yet did not know whether it would be “elsewhere”.

Weapons store, who are fourth in the Premier League, visit fifth-set Liverpool on Saturday after a break of right around two weeks, and Wenger said his players expected to discover their musicality quick to abstain from losing at Anfield.

“For us, after a little break, it’s vital to switch on rapidly,” he included. “After a break, it’s essential you are prepared from the begin. For us, it’s indispensable to begin emphatically at Liverpool.”

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be in the squad subsequent to recuperating from a calf strain, alongside safeguard Laurent Koscielny, who missed Arsenal’s 2-0 FA Cup win over Sutton United a month ago with a hamstring issue.