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Arsenal will not hire a British manager if Arsene Wenger leaves this summer claims Sean Dyche as the Burnley boss is touted for the Gunners job

Burnley manager Sean Dyche does not anticipate Arsenal hiring a British boss as Arsene Wenger's successor if the Frenchman decides to leave this summer.

Former Gunners midfielder Paul Merson suggested at the weekend that Dyche should be a candidate to replace Wenger when discussing the work the 45-year-old had done in east Lancashire with the Clarets.

'Why not?' Merson had said in his role as a pundit on Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday. 'He would go in and liven it up. He's a good coach. With the players he's got now he plays a certain way, if he was at Arsenal he wouldn't play that way.