Arsenal have begun laying the groundwork to hire a new manager and held talks with Jose Mourinho last week, according to reports.
Mourinho has not worked since being sacked by Manchester United almost a year ago and is thought to be keen on replacing Unai Emery at the Emirates.
Emery is under increasing pressure at Arsenal and the Times claim the Spaniard has just a few more ‘games of credit’ with the hierarchy at the club.
Such is Arsenal’s seriousness about potentially bringing in a new coach, club chief Raul Sanllehi dined with Mourinho last week.
Arsenal want a manager who is familiar with the Premier League and who won’t be at a language disadvantage when it comes to explaining what he wants to his players.
Mourinho has three times won the Premier League with Chelsea and Arsenal are attracted to the idea the Portuguese already has a relationship with Mesut Ozil.
The German has been frozen out of the first team by Emery this season, but has impressed when he’s been called upon.
Ozil worked with Mourinho at Real Madrid and Arsenal have grown concerned by the fractures in the dressing room that has developed in recent months.
Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Watford on Saturday occurred against the back-drop of the ongoing Granit Xhaka controversy.
Emery allowed the Arsenal team to pick Xhaka as their captain, but the midfielder could now be stripped of those duties after telling fans to ‘f*** off’ in a game last week.
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