Former Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has previously said he wants to manage a side in the Premier League amid talk of him replacing under-pressure Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.
Just a few months on from winning the FA Cup and Community Shield, the Gunners' form has taken a nosedive since then.
Arsenal have had their worst start to a top-flight season since their 1974/75 campaign after their 1-0 defeat to Burnley at the Emirates on Sunday.
It is the first time since 1959 that Arsenal have lost four league games in a row at home and their tally of 10 goals after 12 Premier League games is their lowest at this stage of a top-flight season since 1981/82.
They have now gone 12 hours and 32 top-flight minutes without finding the net from open play.
The club sits 15th in the table, just five points above the relegation zone, and next up they face fourth-placed Southampton at home tonight.
A growing section of fans have called Arteta to be sacked and former Spurs striker and boyhood Arsenal fan Darren Bent believes the Arsenal manager's time is up.
Arteta is currently among the favourites to lose his job, ahead of Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder and Slaven Bilic at West Brom.
And Allegri is reportedly favourite to succeed Arteta at Arsenal.
The Italian tactician has been out of a job since leaving Juventus at the end of the 2018/2019 season and revealed in December 2019 that he planned to take a year off before returning to management.
"Next year will be an important year. Important for the choice I end up making and the need to be prepared for it," he told ESPN.
"After a year out and five years at Juventus, I don't want to go back into the game and do badly. That would do my head in."
Allegri has confirmed he would like to manage in the Premier League after revealing his English language skills are improving.
"I would like to experience the Premier League," Allegri said, as per the Evening Standard.
"In Italy, I was in Milan four years. Five years in Juventus. Now I expect (to work again) in Italy, but it is difficult, or in England."
"English football is improving now because there are a lot of foreign trainers.
"England now is more sophisticated, and more tactical, but is also respecting the tradition of English football. It's a good balance of the spirit of English football and the new quality and new tactical approach of the new coaches."
At today's press conference ahead of the Southampton game, Arteta was asked if he was feeling the pressure at present.
He replied: "I feel the pressure all of the time. When we have those spells, everything has not been beautiful.
"The last few months of last summer there were a lot of difficult moments, believe me.
"There wasn't everything nice and easy and enjoyable. Obviously, when you are winning, you create a different mood.
"Then the pressure once you win is to win again, the pressure is always going to exist, I prefer that.
"That pressure when you are always thinking about winning and going into the next trophy but this is our reality right now and we have to face it.
"We have to face it being brave, fighting, and no one giving up. It's not time to hide, it's time to put your face and your body on the line and at the moment, I'm sorry, but we have to take the bullets.
"We're not winning football matches and you have to put your chest out, 'hit me' because you have the right to hit me because I'm not winning.
"What else can I do? Put my head down, work harder, and try to do things better and improve. It's how we have to approach this in my opinion."
Arteta was then asked if it was right that all the criticism was directed at him.
The 38-year-old said it was something he takes on the chin.
"It’s natural, I accept it and it’s part of the job," he said.
"When you’re not getting results, at the end of the day it's the manager who has the maximum responsibility to do this.
"That’s why I accept it because you can say whatever you want to explain, but in the end you have to win football matches and this club is too big to accept this many losses in the last few weeks. My chest is here so hit me, guys!"
