The Arsenal board drew up a five-strong shortlist to send to Stan Kroenke in the event of Arsene Wenger’s departure, according to reliable BBC journalist David Ornstein.

Ornstein wrote on the BBC website that even some of the club’s most important staff didn’t know anything about Wenger leaving until Thursday evening. However, plans “were tentatively being put in place”, with a shortlist prepared for this eventuality.

Now, they need to put the list into action, and make a decision before the end of the campaign.

Currently we don’t know the exact five names, but Ornstein has narrowed it down to eight. Here are those eight managers:

2Luis Enrique