Arsene Wenger hopes Sam Allardyce can 'clear his name' after he was part of secretly-filmed conversations which show the recently-appointed England manager making a variety of controversial comments to undercover reporters.
The 61-year-old faces a fight to keep the job he was appointed to just 68 days ago, having managed just one World Cup qualifier in Slovakia.
The Football Association is investigating the footage after Allardyce was secretly filmed by the Daily Telegraph's investigations team during a 10-month probe, which the newspaper claims 'separately unearthed widespread evidence of bribery and corruption in British football'.
By midday The Times and Telegraph were reporting that Allardyce could face the sack later on Tuesday having been summoned to Wembley, where FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn are said to be holding an emergency meeting.