Former Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood says Gabriel Martinelli is good enough to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Sherwood believes Mikel Arteta is blooding the forward to replace Aubameyang in the near future.

"I've been fortunate enough to be invited to the training ground at Arsenal and what's big on his [Arteta's] priority list is to improve the players," Sherwood told Premier League Productions.

"No matter who they are even if they're ready-made international footballers it's to make them better and what he's not afraid to do is look into their academy.

"They've got a lot of good young players there. Bukayo Saka is the one that's come to the front and Gabriel Martinelli will eventually take over from Aubameyang [particularly] if they can't keep hold of him."