Brendan Rodgers would take the Arsenal job "in a heart beat" according to beIN SPORTS pundit Richard Keys.
The Leicester City manager has been strongly linked with the vacant manager's post at the Emirates Stadium following Unai Emery's sacking.
Freddie Ljungberg is the interim head coach, but the Gunners are conducting a thorough search for their next manager, with Rodgers believed to be among the names under consideration.
Keys said that following Rodgers' exit as Liverpool manager, he made it clear to the former Sky host that he would jump at the chance to be manager of Arsenal.
Keys also added that Rodgers would be prepared to make the difficult choice of leaving Leicester at this stage given his exti from Celtic to join the Premier League club.
"I've maintained for a long time that there isn't much wrong at the Emirates," Keys wrote on his blog. "I still believe that.
"They really aren't far off, but is Freddie the man to get them going again? If there weren't two other obvious options I'd say yes - but would you take him over Mikel Arteta or Brendan Rodgers? No, you wouldn't.
"Arteta would be more of a gamble than Rodgers, who did nothing in his interview with Geoff Shreeves to deter Arsenal from making an approach. In fact, he did quiet the opposite. He'd take the job in heart beat - and now if he had to. And he'd be right as well.
"I've mentioned my taxi ride with him before. He was with us here at beIN SPORTS after losing his job at Liverpool. I won't go into detail, but during the journey back to his hotel, he left me with absolutely no doubt that Arsenal's was the job he coveted, but he had to be careful how he got there.
"If he wasn't going to get it post Wenger, then he had to make the right choices to still be in contention down the line. He chose brilliantly - won a bucket load of trophies at Celtic and now he's got Leicester the closest to Liverpool. They're not going to - but could you imagine how he’d feel if he denied them this title? He must've thought about it.
"Rodgers has proven what a good coach he is. He remains a little too verbose for my liking, but he's got something going at Leicester. And he's tamed a notoriously difficult dressing room.
"Would he leave Leicester now? You bet he would. He's already shown that he's prepared to make big decisions by walking out on Celtic and the prospect of a 'treble treble'.
"I reckon he knows he's about at his limit at Leicester. Where is the stability and guarantee of longevity if he gets it right? Were he to take James Maddison and Caglar Soyuncu with him he’d start to address areas that Arsenal need to improve in.
"He's got Jamie Vardy playing some of the best football of his career right now so imagine what he'd do with Aubameyang and Lacazette."
