Birmingham City manager Carla Ward is a candidate to replace Joe Montemurro at Arsenal, Sportsmail understands.
Ward would be a bold choice for what will be a hotly contested position, as Arsenal look to recover ground on Chelsea and Manchester City, who have left them behind in the past two years.
Ward, 37, has done an outstanding job keeping underdogs Birmingham in the fight for WSL survival this season. The club lost a host of players to newly-promoted Aston Villa before the season and have substantially fewer resources than those around them in the top flight.