VATICAN CITY -- Arsenal will deal with manager Arsene Wengers future in our own way and in our own time, club CEO Ivan Gazidis said Thursday.Wengers contract expires at the end of this season, his 21st year with the club.Hes been clear and weve always been clear, thats a mutual decision as to how long hell continue. Both need to be on the same page on that, Gazidis told The Associated Press on the sidelines of a Vatican conference on faith and sport.For many fans, the 66-year-old Wenger has been the only manager theyve ever known at Arsenal. The London club is playing in the Champions League for a 19th consecutive season under Wenger, but the Frenchman has not guided Arsenal to the Premier League title since 2004.Arsenal is not Arsene Wenger. Theyre not one in the same thing, Gazidis said. What Arsene has done is to capture and understand and embrace the values of the club and enhance them.In a football sense, he has transformed the club, the CEO added. But I think from a value standpoint, weve been doing work in our local community for 30 years, before Arsene Wenger came to the club.The Vatican conference, titled Sport at the Service of Humanity, was designed to highlight and strengthen the positive values of sports. It comes at a time of widespread corruption in sports, from various scandals at FIFA to Olympic ticket abuses to match-fixing in numerous leagues and games -- issues that Pope Francis alluded to in the conferences opening ceremony.England, the home of soccer, has come under a negative spotlight lately after a newspaper sting led to several coaches being accused of transgressions.Unguarded comments by Sam Allardyce to undercover reporters forced the termination of his contract as England coach after 67 days. Allardyce appeared to offer advice to fictitious businesspeople on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice, and also to negotiate a 400,000 pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract.The Daily Telegraph also filmed an agent accusing 10 past or current managers in England, which it did not name, of taking bribes linked to player transfers.Football always needs to look at itself and work out how we can improve governance within the game. Certainly the game generates enormous amounts of money now and its important that the center of that is a good value set, Gazidis said. Obviously its an issue of focus for anyone thats involved in the game now.Twenty years ago, successful Arsenal manager George Graham was the casualty of a bribery scandal.There have been issues across the game over time and we need to work out how were going to progress through them and come out of it with a football that people can believe in, Gazidis said.Also about two decades ago, Gazidis was one of the founders of Major League Soccer. He was appointed deputy commissioner of the North American league in 2001.Gazidis got a chance to look at MLS when Arsenal played in the leagues All-Star Game recently in San Jose, California.Theyre growing at a phenomenal rate, Gazidis said, pointing to better development of young American players as the leagues next step toward prominence.They have an incredible number of young kids playing the game, all across the United States from all kinds of different ethnic, racial and religious groups, Gazidis said. Reaching out and making sure that the best of that talent has the best opportunities to drive the league forward is their next big challenge and their huge opportunity.Earlier this week, Bob Bradley was named as the Premier Leagues first American manager. Bradley is taking over at Swansea City and will make his debut against Arsenal on Oct. 15.Ive known Bob Bradley for many, many years, Gazidis said. Hes a terrific manager who has put a lot into his career. But since hes playing against us in his first game I wont wish him too much luck off the bat.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter: www.twitter.com/asdampf Nike Shoes Outlet China . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Nike Shoes Cheap China . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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Thompson is ready to build a strong case against complacency.Purdue (1-1) played with great passion and effort in Monday nights 79-76 loss to reigning national champion and third-ranked Villanova in the Gavitt Tipoff Games at Mackey Arena.The Boilermakers took two 3-point shots during the final 10 seconds in a bid to force overtime, but neither shot found its mark.Now, Purdue must brace for an opponent with lots of Indiana ties.Thompson, whose half-court shot at the first-half buzzer Monday night tied the Villanova game at 39, knows Georgia State will be eager to catch the Boilermakers napping.Panthers head coach Ron Hunter, who entered his sixth season with 103 victories, was the head coach at IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis for 17 seasons and lived in the Indianapolis Pike High School district, where his son, R.J., was a standout performer before joining his dad when Ron Hunter took the Georgia State job.R.J. 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Hollowell, who played high school basketball at Indianapolis Lawrence Central, was recruited by Purdue coach Matt Painter but ended up picking Indiana.Hollowell transferred to Georgia State and is averaging 21.5 points and five rebounds.Purdue forward Vince Edwards, who had 10 points, four rebounds and eight assists in Mondays loss to Villanova, believes Georgia State will encounter a Boilermaker team that is eager to play after its performance against the 2016 national champions.We are excited about where we are now and how we can keep building, Edwards said. There really is no ceiling as to where this team can go.We had some miscommunication on ball screens and some other mistakes against Villanova, but they are little things that we can correct. Thats one of the reasons we are excited to get right back out there and play Georgia State.Georgia States primary task will be coping with Purdues 7-2 junior center Isaac Haas and 6-8 sophomore power forward Caleb Swanigan.Haas is averaging 22 points and 4.5 rebounds, and Swanigan is averaging 21.5 points and 14 rebounds. Haas has made 17 of 21 shots from the field, and Swanigan has made 15 of 26. ' ' '