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Lee Wilmot

'Get it done' - These Arsenal fans name controversial Unai Emery replacement

More than 95% of Arsenal fans who took part in football.london's poll said that they felt Unai Emery was the wrong man for the job at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal have been struggling for form for a number of weeks now and their 2-2 draw with Southampton on Saturday was their fifth Premier League game without a win.

Emery's position at the club is seemingly under pressure, although he was given a vote of confidence by directors Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham prior to the international break.

But there is a growing feeling of discontent around the Arsenal fanbase that a change needs to be made.

Across north London Tottenham have been struggling all season and chairman Daniel Levy decided to make a big decision on Tuesday, despite five-and-a-half good years at the club, to dispense with Mauricio Pochettino's services.

That move certainly had the desired effect with Spurs, as they beat West Ham at the London Stadium on Saturday lunchtime - their first away win since January.

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And after Arsenal could only draw with Southampton, it brought the white half of north London to within one point of the Gunners in the Premier League table.

Suggestions from our Arsenal reporter James Benge were that Sanllehi and Venkatesham went into the Arsenal dressing room after the Saints stalemate on Saturday.

And the supporters at the Emirates have urged the duo to make a radical and controversial decision - to appoint Pochettino as Emery's replacement.

Pochettino has previously stated that he would never manage Barcelona because of his links with Espanyol, where he was a player and manager, and it would stand to reason, if he felt that way, that he would turn down any approach from Arsenal too.

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