Man United told to hire Arsene Wenger by Jeff Stelling and Paul Merson

Jeff Stelling puts forward a case for Arsene Wenger to take over at Manchester United - and Merse agrees

With pressure mounting on Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, the Soccer Saturday panel discussed who could replace him at Old Trafford.

Stories emerged on Friday night that a decision had already been taken to remove Mourinho, but Sky Sports News has been told this was "nonsense".

Jeff Stelling thinks one man ticks every box if the job becomes available, none other than former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is without a job since leaving Arsenal in the summer.

Although Phil Thompson disagreed with Jeff's theory, both Charlie Nicholas and Paul Merson were very much in favour of the idea.

Merson said: "Seriously, that's not the worst idea in the world. You've got to look at what Wenger did.

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"You don't have to go out and buy £70m to £80m players with some of the gems he's got over time. It's not a bad shout. Sometimes you just need a fresh start."

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