The ex-Gunners forward believes that, with the Frenchman still out of work, a directorial role could prove beneficial to all concerned at the Emirates
Arsene Wenger’s presence at Arsenal could help the club to attract top transfer targets, says Charlie Nicholas, with the Gunners urged to consider bringing an iconic former boss back to the club.
The former Arsenal forward told Sky Sports Transfer Talk Podcast: “Sometimes I like to throw one [an idea] in every now and then, like we all do.
“It’s not just because I’m trying to be controversial but Arsene Wenger has been out of a job for a long time.
“Now, Arsenal tried to keep him as a director of football or on the hierarchy because he can help guide us in case there was trouble that was going to be there for the club.
“Bayern Munich have had [Karl-Heinz] Rummenigge and [Franz] Beckenbauer, Man Utd have Alex Ferguson, Liverpool have King Kenny Dalglish.
“We missed out on that because Arsene said he wanted to take a break. But he’s been out of a job a long time.
“I would have simply have said: ‘Well, why don’t you go after Arsene Wenger?’.
“Wenger still knows the game inside out and people will say ‘well, he wanted to leave Arsenal’.
“Yeah he did at that time as a manager, it was painful because he felt hurt and damaged. But I still think he loves the club.
“If Arsene Wenger sits in a room with these different players that we are trying to attract, if he’s sitting in a room representing Arsenal Football Club, I think we’d get more of a say and more of a feel that they can generally attract these players.”