Former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein is being lined up for a return to top football.

The People says Dein is the red-hot favourite to be the new Football League supremo - in a move that will keep alive talk of a major top-level revolution.

The former Arsenal wheeler-dealer is being tipped to succeed veteran Lord Mawhinney in a key appointment that will shape the game's future.

Dein is highly-regarded as a politician and tops the wanted list as Football League headhunters begin their quest to find a new supremo.