Arsenal sack Unai Emery after dismal run of form

Odds on next permanent Arsenal manager as Unai Emery sacked

The Spaniard was relieved of his duties on Friday following a dismal run of seven games without a win, with a number of high-profile candidates now linked with the role

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Freddie Ljungberg and Nuno Espirito Santo have been installed as joint favourites with bookmakers to take over permanently from sacked Unai Emery at Arsenal .

Emery was dismissed from his managerial post at the Gunners less than 12 hours after the 2-1 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Gunners fans held up 'Emery Out' banners as their side failed to record a win for the seventh match in succession.

A meeting was held on Friday between senior figures at Arsenal and decided to sack Emery, with Ljungberg replacing him on an initial interim basis.

The Swede is priced at 6/4 to get the gig full-time, having made the step up to the first team from the under-23 squad this season.

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Ljungberg has been appointed interim boss(Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Wolves boss Santo is also 6/4 having led his team to a seventh-place finish in their first season back in the Premier League after promotion last year.

He refused to comment on rumours linking him with the Arsenal role on Thursday, stating: "I think you know me well enough and you know that I’m not going to answer about that.

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Wolves boss Santo is in the running(Image: Getty Images)

“I will never mention an issue that’s not a reality. Mainly because the job has a manager in it. It would be disrespectful.”

Elsewhere in the list of candidates includes Man City assistant manager and former Gunners captain Mikel Arteta who is at 8/1.

Arteta was interviewed for the job previously, as did Massimiliano Allegri (20/1) but both were pipped to the post by Emery.

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Emery was sacked after a dismal run of form(Image: PA)

Axed Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is next at 10/1, although a move to Spurs' north London rivals seems unlikely, while Bournemouth's Eddie Howe is also in contention (10/1).

Legendary Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira - currently boss of French side Nice - is at odds of 25/1, along with ex-Liverpool star Steven Gerrard, Lille boss Christophe Galthier, and Rafael Benitez.

Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti - formerly of Chelsea - is a rank outsider at 40/1.

Odds on next Arsenal manager

*Odds supplied by Betfair