Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is expected to be safe if the club is sold in the summer.

The Sunday Telegraph says a group funded from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates plan a £1.5 BILLION takeover offer.

Any takeover would inevitably raise questions over the future of Wenger, although the Frenchman is understood to be highly-regarded by the consortium They do not want to lose his football knowledge and want him to remain at the club.

Arsenal have become less of a rival to the Premier League's top clubs. They believe that the club have settled for relative mediocrity.