West Bromwich Albion boss Roy Hodgson admits he found speculation over Arsene Wenger's future at Arsenal "amusing".

The Baggies face Arsenal this weekend.

Hodgson said: "I put those moments when even people like Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson are called into question as one of the amusing aspects of the job.

"Arsene has had a chance after the upheavals of the summer with Fabregas and Nasri to accept it is time to move on from those players and to bring new players in.

"Those new players are bedding in better and better, at least if you look at the results it would seem that way because they are doing very well at the moment."