Nigel Winterburn has backed former Arsenal teammate and Nice manager Patrick Vieira to succeed Unai Emery.

The Spaniard is under pressure to keep his job with the Gunners sitting outside the top-four.

"I would say keep an eye on what's happening with Patrick Vieira," the former left-back told Gambling.com.

"If someone like that could prove they are able to run a club in the right way, then Arsenal may look towards that eventually.

"I don't know if they would be as brave to go with someone like [Freddie] Ljungberg or [Mikel] Arteta.

"They may be terrific coaches but when you take that manager's role it steps up another couple of levels again."