Arsenal: Top 5 Unai Emery replacements

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Mikel Arteta, assistant coach of Manchester City looks on prior to the Group F match of the UEFA Champions League between Manchester City and Olympique Lyonnais at Etihad Stadium on September 19, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Mikel Arteta, assistant coach of Manchester City looks on prior to the Group F match of the UEFA Champions League between Manchester City and Olympique Lyonnais at Etihad Stadium on September 19, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /
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TURIN, ITALY – MAY 19: Head coach Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus celebrates during the awards ceremony after winning the Serie A Championship during the Serie A match between Juventus and Atalanta BC on May 19, 2019 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY – MAY 19: Head coach Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus celebrates during the awards ceremony after winning the Serie A Championship during the Serie A match between Juventus and Atalanta BC on May 19, 2019 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images) /

4. Massimiliano Allegri

There are few managers that are presently unattached to a football club that can boast to possess the same trophy-laden resume as Massimiliano Allegri. The Italian is a ruthless and proven winner, prolifically successful throughout his managerial career, especially in his latest run as Juventus head coach, a post he resigned from in the summer.

Allegri first won Serie A in the 2010/11 season as AC Milan head coach. In 20 years, AC Milan have only won Serie A twice, once under Carlo Ancelotti and that great Andrea Pirlo-led side, and once under Allegri. In 2014, he then moved to Juventus. He five-straight seasons in Turin, Allegri won five successive league titles, four Coppa Italias, one Supercoppa Italiana, and made the Champions League final twice, falling agonisingly short on both occasions.

There are few managers in world football that have won as many trophies as Allegri over the past decade, and having departed from Juventus in the summer, he is currently out of a job and would not command an extortionate fee. If Arsenal want proven excellence (though it is worth remembering this is why they went for Unai Emery), Allegri is the man for the job.