25 Apr 2018 03:36:55
The three candidates for manager reported in the press appear to be:

Gazidis - Arteta
Mislintat - Nagelsmann
Sanllehi - Enrique

My thoughts. Enrique wants a salary reported to be £15-17m pa. I understand this, as Ozil is the top earner on similar wages and presumably Enrique wants to be the top earner. However, I have reservations about him, as his success was at Barca, with a wonderful squad and set up. Is he the man to take over from Wenger and should we pay such a high salary?
Arteta, would be a far cheaper option, but he would be a very bold appointment with zero experience as a manager and would he have the respect of some players that played with him?
Nagelsmann - Risky, but an interesting option.
Of the three, possibly Nagelsmann would narrowly be my choice, followed by Enrique and then lastly Arteta.
Rafa Benitez has been put forward by Ray Parlour and I quite like him. He is experienced, will sort out the defensive and defensve midfield problems. He commands respect and has done wonders working with Mike Ashley, which is no mean feat.
So assuming we don't get Simeone, my first choice, Rafa has fast elevated himself above Vieira and Rodgers for me.
Wiithout a strong character as Cgairman, nor any strong characters in the board, Rafa would provide exactly that, a strong influence for the team and fans to rely on.

{Ed0333's Note - Rafa would definitely put the cat amongst the pigeons. A safe hand with a wealth of Premiership experience who will make you tough to beat and will have the allure of London to help him attract decent players. I would hope you don’t get Nagelsmann because I think he is gonna go on to be a great and I don’t want rivals to have a strength.


1.) 25 Apr 2018
25 Apr 2018 05:41:23
There is absolutely no need to appoint arteta, i just can't see him being an option at least not yet. Rafa and him as second coach, maybe. I just don't really see him as arsenal manager.


2.) 25 Apr 2018
25 Apr 2018 08:07:07
Artetta and Brendan are like the volts wagon beattle on a Top Gear challenge just looming in the background for entertainment purposes.
The club are no way going to appoint someone who automatically has the crowd on thier back from day one for no good reason.
Mourinho if available would be very unpopular among many fans but there would be some sense in appointing because of his record while Artetta and Brendan have nothing to back them up.
Neither are going to happen.


3.) 26 Apr 2018
26 Apr 2018 01:24:24
I'd rather Wenger stayed forever than Brendan Rodgers managed us for a week, personally.