England legend Alan Shearer feels Arsenal are regretting handing Arsene Wenger a new contract this summer.

The Gunners suffered a 2-1 defeat at Watford on Saturday evening to see them drop to sixth place in the Premier League, nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City.

"By giving Arsene Wenger a new contract in the summer it was made clear to the players and the fans that failure to win the title over the last 13 years doesn't matter," Shearer writes in The Sun.

Shearer also points to the unresolved futures of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez as having a huge destabilising effect on the team.

"Arsenal should have sold them at the start of the summer transfer window, or even six months before that and got in some young hungry players who do want to be there."