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Lee Wilmot

Next Arsenal manager: The man the Gunners fans want to replace Unai Emery

Who is next in line to take up the reins at the Emirates Stadium?

Unai Emery has been given his marching orders after a 2-1 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday night.

That was Arsenal's seventh game without a win and proved to be the final nail in Emery's coffin as Arsenal boss.

Now the search for a successor begins in earnest, with Freddie Ljungberg set to take the reins on a temporary basis.

When football.london asked for your views when Emery was under intense pressure, more than 97% of you felt the Spaniard was not the right man for the job.

And you've been proved right, with Arsenal in eight place in the Premier League and well off the top four pace.

Who should replace him though?

There was plenty of talk around Jose Mourinho, before he made the move to north London rivals Tottenham, while sacked Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino and Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo have been touted as replacements.

However, there is one name that stands out from our fans' survey on the next boss - Mikel Arteta.

Unai Emery believes he can recover from criticism

Opinion was split when we asked this question, but three candidates stood out, with Arteta claiming the biggest slice of the vote.

Almost a third of voters plumped for former player Arteta as the man to take over from Emery, with former Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri and Leicester City man Brendan Rodgers coming in second and third.

Freddie Ljungberg being promoted from number two to the top job was wanted by 9.5% of people.

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