Vodafone chief Paul Donovan is being linked with the job at Arsenal.

The Daily Mail says Donovan, 49, chief executive of Vodafone in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, is understood to be the senior executive from the telecommunications giant who is on the short-list of two to become the much needed new CEO of Arsenal.

Donovan, who has also worked for BT, Mars and Coca-Cola, has the advantage of being an avid Gunners fan..