Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta faces a crunch season ahead.

That's according to former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino, who says Arteta will lose his job if he Arsenal don't make the Champions League.

He told talkSPORT: "If Arsenal don't make it, Arteta will lose his job.

“I think he's done everything he can to make his team as competitive as possible, but you now have to make the top four.

“Unless they only narrowly miss out… but it would have to be the smallest margins or a dramatic end [to save him].

“Performances week-in, week-out will also count, because that will affect the feeling at the club.

“I went to a couple of games at the Emirates at the end of the season, and it was rocking. People called it a library, but it was rocking at the end of the season.

“But if they don't make the top four Arteta will be gone – that's what happens."