Nice coach Patrick Vieira has left the door open to a return to Arsenal.

Vieira is being linked with the Gunners after the sacking of Unai Emery.

And he said yesterday: "I never said that I wanted to leave OGC Nice.

"There are things that I do not control. Maybe one day, I'll be fired. But as I do not control what is said, I prefer to focus on my team and the game."

Vieira is tied to Nice until 2021.