Arsenal should look to appoint Diego Simeone as Arsene Wenger successor, says former Gunner Ray Parlour. Wenger, the Premier League's longest-serving active manager is in the last year of his contract at the Emirates Stadium, prompting talk of who could step into the hot seat should he depart after over 20 years at the club.

Eddie Howe has been touted as a replacement in recent weeks but Arsenal legend Parlour feels the young Englishman could be detrimental to the Gunners going forward and Atletico Madrid head coach Simeone is a far better fit. "I don't think he would know enough about big foreign players to attract them," Parlour said. Parlour felt that Simeone should the favourite to succeed Wenger without any doubt.

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