The 37-year-old nearly took over at Arsenal last summer but has now been tipped to sit in the City hot seat eventually
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he is 'pretty sure' that current assistant Mikel Arteta will succeed him in the future.
After his playing career ended in 2016 Arteta immediately became a part of Guardiola's staff at the Etihad, where he's developed a reputation as one of the top up-and-coming young coaches in the game.
Arteta nearly became Arsenal's new manager in the summer of 2018, only for the club to make a late U-turn and appoint Unai Emery instead to take over from Arsene Wenger.