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Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's Premier League game between Norwich City and Arsenal.

Tottenham Hotspur

Jose Mourinho has appeared in front of the media at the Tottenham Hotspur training ground.

There are reports that senior officials at Arsenal wanted to appoint Mourinho before he was hired by Spurs.

Mourinho has swatted aside a question about whether he would have taken the Emirates Stadium gig.

Norwich City

Norwich manager Daniel Farke on Unai Emery's sacking:

"You feel for the head coach when the relationship between him and the club comes to an end," Farke said.

"Arsenal is still a top-class club with top-class players."

Norwich play Emery's former side on Sunday, with Freddie Ljungberg taking over temporary charge.

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Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has signed a new four-year deal with the club., external

Villa are 15th in the Premier League table after being promoted from the Championship last season, four points above the drop.

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Many people thought Marco Silva would be the first big-name manager to leave their club following Everton's disastrous home defeat by Norwich last week.

Unai Emery has gone first at Arsenal. But Marcel Brands 'vote of confidence' delivered on the Everton website today is not the director of football taking pressure off the manager.

If anything, there is even more on him now.

Silva is due to speak shortly.

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Kaushnik Gorai: Arsenal simply have to go for Eddie Howe. He is the perfect man for the job and a good manager for a long term project. Give him the money and he might turn out to be a gem and a modern day Wenger!

Stephen: Probably the right decision, but the real mistake was getting rid of Wenger. I hope all the #WengerOut, external people are feeling very silly now.

Freddie Ljungberg, promoted from first-team assistant to the main job in the wake of Unai Emery's departure, has promised to bring a more positive atmosphere to Arsenal.

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Liverpool midfielder Fabinho has been ruled out until the new year with ankle ligament damage sustained in the midweek Champions League draw with Napoli.

He will miss a minimum of nine matches, including the Merseyside derby against Everton on 4 December and the trip to nearest challengers at the top of the Premier League Leicester City on Boxing Day.

"The Brazilian will begin a rehabilitation programme with the Reds’ medical team at Melwood as he works his way back to full fitness," said the club.

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Follow the money.

According to betting comparison site Oddschecker, ex-Juve boss Massimo Allegri is attracting the greatest punter support to become next Arsenal manager.

There are plenty of other candidates in the market though,, external including television personality, former Celebrity Big Brother contestant and Arsenal fan Heavy D at 100-1!

Norwich City

Norwich City manager Daniel Farke has given an update on injury concerns with his squad.

Grant Hanley remains sidelined, while Timm Klose has a long-term injury.

Alex Tettey is not available for 'private reasons' while Jamal Lewis has returned to training and is a possibile option for the game against Arsenal on Sunday.

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There is a lot of buzz around Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo in the wake of Unai Emery's departute.

Italian transfer specialist Gianluca Di Marzio, external is the latest to suggest that Nuno is Arsenal's top target.

He adds that the good relationship between Nuno's agent Jorge Mendes and Arsenal head of football Raúl Sanllehí could seal the deal.

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We are expecting Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho to face the media at 13:00 GMT today.

I'm sure he wouldn't intrude on the grief of north London rivals Arsenal. Would he?

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He has only been in charge for 11 games but don't discount the possibility of Quique Sanchez Flores losing his job at Watford this weekend.

Flores was brought in to inspire a revival after a dismal start to the season under Javi Gracia.

But seven points in nine games, culminating in a dismal 3-0 home defeat by Burnley last weekend has left the Hornets bottom of the Premier League, five points adrift of safety.

Watford's owners, the Pozzo family, are notoriously brutal when it comes to making big decisions so defeat at second-bottom Southampton may trigger a reaction.

Watford

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Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores has issued a rallying cry to his team as they prepare to take on fellow strugglers Southampton at the weekend.

"The situation is obviously not comfortable. It's uncomfortable, it's difficult and we can't relax," Sanchez Flores said with his side dead last in the Premier League.

"We need to go one step more, one step up. We need to bring back the good feelings we had for the games against Tottenham and Norwich. We need to be focused with no distractions and concentrate on the work we are doing. It's the only way we can do this if we want to change the situation. The only thing we can do is fight and fight a lot."

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3 - wins from 17 games against fellow "top-six" sides across all

competitions.

7 - winless streak between October and November, 2019 before his sacking.

8 - away Premier League wins during his time in charge, just one coming in the

2019/20 season.

9 - teenagers to play for Arsenal under Emery's tutelage.

15 - errors leading to goals for the opposition in Premier League games under

Emery - more than any other top-flight club in that time.

19 - points dropped from winning positions.

22 - Matches unbeaten during a fine run of form between August and December,

2018.

42.1 - Percentage of Arsenal's goals scored by either Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Alexandre Lacazette under Emery - 64 of the 152 managed during his reign.

43 - wins from 78 games in charge.

55.1 - win percentage from those games - Arsene Wenger's was 57.2 per-cent from 1235 matches.

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Another name to consider.

Marvio dos Anjos, sports editor of Brazilian newspaper O Globo, says that he would not be surprised if Portuguese Jorge Jesus, who just guided Flamengo to the Copa Libertadores, is approached about the Arsenal job,

Dos Anjos adds that the influence of super agent Pini Zahavi could be key.

"I don't know what will happen to my future after Flamengo. I know I have a contract until May. Then anything can happen, said Jesus yesterday in response to reports linking him to Everton.

Spare a thought for Norwich's programme editor....

Arsenal play the Canaries on Sunday.

Bob Wilson
Former Arsenal goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

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"Last night I was at the Emirates and the atmosphere was toxic.

"On Saturday they drew, but Saints should have won by a goal or two.

"I think there was an inevitablity about this if you look at the stats and remember they are the third largest club in England with regards to the amount of trophies - 30 major trophies."

Simon Collings of the Evening Standard says that Unai Emery was informed of his sacking before the players' arrival at Arsenal's London Colney training ground.

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According to a report by the Evening Standard's James Olley, , externalby the end of his reign, Emery's accent was being openly mocked by some players at Arsenal's London Colney training base, with the dressing room growing frustrated at drawn-out video analysis sessions.

He adds that strikers Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang both made it clear that they would not sign contract extensions while Emery remained in charge.