Arsenal Favours Roberto Martinez As Wenger`s Successor

Roberto Martinez has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager, according to an exclusive in the Daily Star. The Everton manager has seen his stock rise after his work at Goodison Park this season while impressing the Gunners' hierarchy with his style of football and the way he handles himself off the pitch.

The report claims that the dignified way in which he reacted to Everton's 4-1 defeat at the Emirates last weekend has only enhanced his credentials even further.

Hang on a minute, let's just get something straight first, Wenger is about to put pen to paper on a new two-year deal and any potential replacement for him will only arrive at the Emirates once that contract has run down.


So Wenger is not about to be replaced any time soon; the club are just thinking about what will happen once he does indeed go.

And in terms of candidates, Martinez is surely high up on any list that has already been drawn up - he plays the right kind of passing football that Arsenal fans have become accustomed to under Wenger, he encourages the development of youth and you can easily imagine him sipping a cappuccino in a North London cafe. It's a match made in heaven.