Man Utd owners the Glazers have Arsenal hero on list of four director of football targets

Meanwhile, speaking earlier in the year, Arsenal legend Ian Wright urged the club to appoint former Chelsea chief Michael Emenalo in the role.

“For me, and it’s blatantly obvious to me, you’ve got someone like Michael Emenalo who was at Chelsea,” he said.

“He won three Premier Leagues under three different managers, he’s won the Champions League, he’s helped oversee the loan system and the academy system at Chelsea.

“We’re talking about a director of football who knows exactly what he’s doing.

“We’re talking about under [Roman] Abramovich with three different managers and he still managed, because he’s a football man, to get the job done.