If that was any sort of criteria , Mertesacker shouldn't even be allowed to make the teas at the Club .

Mertesacker was a great player, is an Arsenal legend, as has leadership qualities in spades.

Someone on here must have a Spurs friend who could provide an answer

Harsh of Emery who seemed a nice guy but I can’t recall a manager more out of his depth.

He will now likely manage a mid table Spanish side or go back to starring in the Hotel Transylvania movies

A new dawn, again ......................

When he was spurs manager though and before they fired him !

I never envisioned getting married as a bachelor. Time changes things

FFS - it just didn't work at our club. In the right location he is a good manager. There was no 8-2 loses or even 6-1.

But the bottom line remains that if a player we had purchased for a lot of money had slotted a penalty against Spurs - then we would have had CL at the end of last season. He would have achieved his goal.

Christ on a bike! You're still blaming Aubameyang for our current predicament. Best striker in the league last season. I suppose you didn't rate Bergkamp or Brady either....

Was very surprised QPR didn't go for Ainsworth in the summer Ex, as a former player of theirs. As you say he's performed miracles at Wycombe. He's a dude too, very rock n roll.

David Seaman reckons Freddie "will be really avant-garde as a manager "!!!

Hope it's more effective than Remi Garde as a manager.

Happens everyday in my part of the world

I don't know if Vieira is ready for such a huge step up in managment for a club of our size but I do know he has the presence and stature. He was immense as captain. If he were chosen I'd hope that translates into his management.

Really cheering for Freddie and really hope Emery gets another job and proves us all wrong.

AG, I think you actually meant to say, you hope Emery prove that you are right and everyone else wrong

If that was any sort of criteria , Mertesacker shouldn't even be allowed to make the teas at the Club .

If Freds a better manager than he was a player we'll win the league.

Christ on a bike! You're still blaming Aubameyang for our current predicament. Best striker in the league last season. I suppose you didn't rate Bergkamp or Brady either....

Looking forward to see how the team will be set-up for the Norwich game. Hope Freddie cuts out the play from the back nonsense.

Seems to be a big list of potential managers:
Arteta, Allegri, Rodgers, ancelloti, nuno espirito, nagelsmann, pochettino, Vieira, ljungberg

What is the forum’s top 3

Seems to be a big list of potential managers:
Arteta, Allegri, Rodgers, ancelloti, nuno espirito, nagelsmann, pochettino, Vieira, ljungberg

What is the forum’s top 3

If Freds a better manager than he was a player we'll win the league.

Rodgers won't leave.

I thought he can only work for 3 months as he has no certificates.

Pochettino, Rodgers and Vieira in order (however I think we have no chance with the first 2 )

Another new one being strongly linked today is Marcelino which would be fundamentally uninspiring

Having been told what Rodgers said when asked about the job, I think he would take it. The rumours are buying him out of his Leicester contract would cost £14m. In modern Premier League football that is peanuts. Worth every single penny.

Just pointing out a very simple fact. He would have achieved his target. So on such fine margins things are decided. No I don't like Emery's style or non-style of play but I also don't like the way our players seem to be immune from criticism. They are part of the problem at the club. I don't blame Aubameyang for our poor play or lack of tactics but I blame him for failure to get to the CL and always will.

The really bad thing about Aubs miss was that we would have been in CL (where we probably couldn't have crawled out of the group stages) but Spurs would have been in the Europa League this season and therefore less cashed up.

I don’t think HIM buying out the contract for 14 million would make financial sense. He would get the 6m per year Emery was getting which is 1m more than he’s on at Leicester but he wouldn’t get longer than a 3 year deal. Why would he do that ?

Arsenal paying Leicester the 14 million makes more sense but it would probably make him the least attractive financial option for Kroenke considering he’s just paid 10 million to pay off Emery and all his staff.

I think this pretty much rules out Brendon Rodgers and I strongly expect our next manager to be someone who is currently out of work

I wasn't being literal. My point (in response to Bernard) was that Ljungberg was an excellent player so if he's an even better manager he would be quite something.

I wasn’t talking of Rodgers himself buying out his contract at Leicester. I was talking of Arsenal doing it. You may well be right that the new manager will be someone out of work. But if that is the case, who is there apart from Pochettino and Allegri?

Marcelino as the sun are saying? Arteta ?

Nuno has a contract but is only on 3 million a year. That should be more affordable in terms of compensation you would have to pay. Vieira can’t be on a huge contract at nice you would have thought. The problem with Rogers is that Leicester paid Celtic 9 million in compensation to get him so had to put subsequent contractual clauses in place.

Could we afford Allegri ? We only paid Emery 6 million a year, that’s not a huge wage and he could probably make more waiting for a better offer.

Arteta isn’t out of work. I think we could afford Rodgers and Allegri.