Arsenal: 15 Candidates To Replace Arsene Wenger - From Least To Most Likely

The 53-year-old Spaniard has spent the vast majority of his managerial career in Spain with teams like Espanyol, Villarreal and Valencia. But it's his work during his second spell at Athletic Bilbao that has garnered particular praise and admiration; the 5-1 aggregate thrashing of Barcelona (who he's also linked with) in the 2015 Spanish Super Cup secured Athletic their first piece of major silverware in three decades.

Moreover, Valverde is another who promotes fast-paced, incisive attacking football, which is precisely the tonic most disgruntled Arsenal fans will be looking for should Wenger move on. He might not be as starry a link as some of the others here, but he's proved himself capable of masterminding great victories and his style speaks for itself.