Germany manager Joachim Low is the ‘internal favourite’ to replace Arsene Wenger as Arsenal boss
World Cup winner has a contract with the German FA until June 2020 and freeing him from it will not be easy or cheap
GERMANY manager Joachim Low is the "internal favourite" to replace Arsene Wenger this summer, according to reports.
However, if Emirates chiefs want the World Cup winner they will have to go through tough negotiations with the German FA.
Low, 58, has a contract with Die Mannschaft's governing body until June 2020 and freeing him from it will not be easy or cheap, say the .
Gunners majority shareholder Stan Kroenke could grant Wenger a stay of execution even though he is facing calls to resign.
Arsenal have been humiliated 3-0 by Manchester City in successive games and, realistically, their only hope of Champions League football is winning the Europa League.
Low is the front-runner to replace the Frenchman - in his 22nd year in charge.
The Mail report how a "catalyst of change" is coming at the Emirates, led by chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
Sven Mislintat - who helped bring in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - is the head of recruitment, Raul Sanllehi is head of football relations and Huss Fahmy is contract negotiator.
Bit by bit Wenger has been surrounded by Gazidis appointees.
And the Mail say two key board members came to the decision Wenger should go as he is now "isolated in a way he has never been before".
Low hasn't coached at club level since 2004 and appears suited to the pace of national football.
He has just two major trophies as a club boss, the German Cup with Stuttgart in 1997 and the Austrian Bundesliga in 2002 with Tirol Innsbruck.
Low has enjoyed much success in the German hotseat.
In addition to winning the World Cup in 2014, he masterminded third place at South Africa in 2010, runners-up at Euro 2008 and semi-finalists at Euro 2012 and 2016.