Arsene Wenger has offered to help Arsenal should they ever need him
Arsenal have managed just 20 points from their first 16 games this season, with the club way down in 13th and averaging a meagre one goal per game.
And
Wenger, who spent 22 years in charge before leaving at the end of the 2017-18 season, has admitted he would be open to helping if he was called upon.
Wenger - who won three Premier League titles in North London - told the
Men In Blazers podcast: "If I’m needed, I will help them.
"But I don’t expect that, no.
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"I wish nothing. Time is a good doctor, you know?"
Wenger had previously called Arteta 'lucky' for landing a big job with no experience in management - but believed he deserved a chance thanks to his playing days at the club.
In October, the Frenchman, 71, said: "He’s lucky that straight away he got into a big club.
"You normally have to work ten years to get in that position.