Arsenal legend and Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has rubbished reports that Arsene Wenger should become England manager. England crashed out of Euro 2016 on Monday after an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to Iceland, a result which was followed by the resignation of manager Roy Hodgson. With the managerial role vacant, rumours circulated that Wenger could be amongst the front runners for the job – which would supposedly see him quit as Arsenal manager if he was to accept the job.

Many bookmakers have accepted bets as short as 30/1 for Wenger to be the next England manager, some sources say he is the FA’s no.1 choice for the position, but Paul Merson believes that there is no substance to the rumours whatsoever, and that the Frenchman will remain at the Emirates for the foreseeable future.

“They’re talking about Arsene Wenger, but every year we talk about Arsenal not winning the Premier League because tactically he’s not right.” he told talkSPORT.

“Arsene is a real hands-on coach, he does all the training, he does everything. But with international football you only see the players every now and then and there’s a lot of sitting around. I think it’s a part-time job anyway. You’re essentially paying someone £7m for a part-time job.”

“Every player plays in the Premier League, so it’s not like you’ve got to travel all around the world to see them play. They all play here!”

FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn stated they are open to a foreign manager, but Merson believes the next boss should be English.

“We should have an English manager, that’s just my opinion. I know he’s been England manager before, and it’s been a while since he’s had a job, but for me it’s got to be Glenn Hoddle. It’s a no brainer.”

“I think tactically he’d be great and he’s got knowledge of international football. I thought he was brilliant when he was in charge at France 98.”