Thierry Henry may have again just finished second in the world player of the year award, but he has Arsenal's all-time goalscoring record in his sights in 2005.
Henry needs just 16 more goals to surpass Ian Wright's tally of 185 goals and, at his current prolific rate, should eclipse that mark by the end of this season.
The Frenchman has scored 170 times for Arsenal in 280 appearances and already has 19 goals this season.
However, Henry insists his greatest concern is to ensure Arsenal retain the league title and secure their first Champions League trophy.
"My year with Arsenal has been a great success but I don't intend to rest on my laurels. I want to do even better next year, if I can," he said.
"I was happy to win the second place award but the main thing is always to win things with your team and I would rather win the Premiership again or the Champions League.
"Arsenal have never won the Champions League before so it would be amazing to win it."
Wright, who left Arsenal a year before Henry signed for £10.5million from Juventus in 1999, set his club record in 288 games.
And while Henry was still struggling to complete the transition from winger to front-line striker, with just two goals in his first three months at the club, it was Wright's example, which helped to inspire him.
Henry watched and learned as Wright stole the show with a superb 20-minute cameo display in Lee Dixon's testimonial in the autumn of 1999.
"I said to myself, 'he's no bigger than me, no faster, no more muscular but he scores more goals'," Henry recalled.
"I watched him closely. He put 100% into everything. When he called for a pass, he shouted at the top of his voice.
"And when he'd get it, he'd smack it into the back of the net. I just kept thinking, this is a goalscoring move.
Three weeks later, Henry scored twice against Derby at Highbury and the floodgates opened. They have not shut since. He went on to score 26 goals for Arsenal that season, finishing the campaign as a Euro 2000 winner with France.
Henry, now 27, hit 22 goals for his club the next season, followed by hauls of 32 in each of the next two campaigns.
Last season, he eclipsed even those levels, finishing with 39 goals, and only France's poor display at Euro 2004 surely prevented him beating Ronaldinho to the FIFA world player of the year award.
However, while Henry holds Wright's record in the highest regard, it was another striker whom he grew up idolising - Marco van Basten.
"He was everything one could hope for in a striker. I grew up watching him and he was a wonder to behold," he observed.
"It was Martin Keown who told me to look closely at Ian Wright's game and it's true I have got a video of his goals.
"But the only player I have tried to imitate is van Basten, the way he took the ball, his shots.
"To this day, he remains the reference. I chose the number 12 for France because it was his during Euro 88."
What Henry truly respects about Wright, however, is that, just like Cliff Bastin - whose second place in the club record books he will eclipse with just nine more goals - he made his mark with one club.
After reaching the milestone of 100 Premiership goals last season, Henry remarked: "It's something amazing but what means the most to me is that I have done it at one club.
"Some of the players on the list have done it at more than one team but, like Wrighty, I've done it all at Arsenal. That proves loyalty and the desire for the team that I have."
