Arsenal: “Leave no stone unturned” is a fantastic policy

Arsenal are bringing in some managerial candidates that aren’t very exciting, but in an effort to leave no stone unturned, this is absolutely perfect.

You may be scratching your head at the last two guys to interview for the vacant Arsenal manager job. Marcelino, who most recently managed Valencia, and Paulo Sousa, the current manager of Bordeaux. Niko Kovac was also rumored to be in the running, which completes a trifecta of names that most fans won’t give a lick about.

But Patrick Vieira is also in the running. And Mikel Arteta. And Max Allegri. All of these guys are more than formidable, and we should be rather excited about, without a doubt.

That doesn’t mean that we should only interview the overtly exciting candidates though. Not at all. If you truly want to discover the best option for your club, you have to exhaust all possibilities and leave no stone unturned and I love that this is what the brain trust of the club are doing.

As I’ve said before, Unai Emery was the right choice for the club when they hired him. He was just destined to fail due to the circumstances he happened upon. Someone had to take that fall though.

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And Unai Emery was not an early front runner. But he came prepared, he came with dossiers, he came with a hunger and passion for the club that eliminated everyone else from contention. He had a plan, and that plan worked for awhile. Remember the 22 match unbeaten run? Me too.

You never know where you’re going to find the next great manager. It doesn’t have to be someone who has won every trophy under the sun. Everyone starts somewhere, and while it’s rare for an elite manager to just spring out of the woodwork, it happens. Often enough that it’s worth the exhaustive effort to ensure that we interview everyone that even has the slightest hint of being the right man for the job.

Marcelino and Sousa are not exciting names, but they have experience, they are relatively young and they may just be one step away from stamping themselves on the list of top tier managers available out there.

Like I said, everyone starts somewhere. Arsene Wenger didn’t have a sparkling resume when he came to Arsenal, and that means that the next manager doesn’t have to either. As long as we put in the work to ensure that he’s the right person for the job.