Mikel Arteta's former mentor, Pep Guardiola, is among those managers who may have already answered the question as to whom should fill in as Arsenal's latest frontman

Pep Guardiola may well have provided the solution to Arsenal's striker crisis and if Mikel Arteta listened, he could yet have a major say in the Premier League title race

But even a year before Arteta was appointed as Arsenal boss, he was strongly linked with replacing Wenger. However, the club decided to opt for experience by bringing Unai Emery in. At the time, however, Arsene Wenger gave five reasons why Mikel Arteta would have even suited the job a year before he replaced Emery in the hotseat.

Mikel Arteta thinks Arsenal can thrive as the chasers in the Premier League title race having spent previous years looking over their shoulders. Arsenal host West Ham on Saturday knowing they can breathe new life into the title race by cutting the gap to Liverpool to just five points ahead of their meeting with Manchester City on Sunday.

With Arsenal in another low point, football.london discusses where the blame lies and in particular the heat that Mikel Arteta is getting

Arsenal are without a recognised striker for the rest of the season after Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz were both ruled out, but Mikel Arteta may already have his solution