Arsenal In Managerial Transfer War with Chelsea over Allegri

Arsenal In Transfer Managerial War with Chelsea Over Allegri By Admin Arsenal have triggered a managerial war with the London rivals Chelsea following their reported interest in the Blues' summer target Massimiliano Allegri bsn sports reports. Wenger’s decision to announce his departure on Friday may have gone against everything he has said about always honouring his contract during his near 22 years at the club. But it is understood he has become increasingly disillusioned with the club’s transfer policy as chief executive Ivan Gazidis and head of recruitment Sven Mislintat are having an increasing say in dealings. Wenger wanted to swap Manchester United’s Anthony Martial for Alexis Sanchez in January and also pushed for Chris Smalling. But he was overruled by Gazidis and Mislintat, who opted for Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Chelsea target and Juventus manager is top of the list of coaches that Arsenal want to replace Wenger with. Arsenal chief executive Gazidis, who paid an emotional tribute to Wenger is pushing for Allegri, who is taking English lessons, to be given the job. Chelsea have also made contact with the 50-year-old, who has steered Juventus to three successive Serie A titles, and whose club were Champions League runners up for the second time last season. The other leading candidates to replace Wenger who during his time in North London has won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups are highly rated Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann, the choice of Gunners head of recruitment Sven Mislintat. Other candidates are Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, former Chelsea chief Carlo Ancelotti, former Arsenal players Patrick Viera and Mikel Arteta, ex-Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco and Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim.