Kevin Campbell says Luis Enrique would help get the best out of Arsenal's attacking players (Image: GETTY/AFTV) Arsenal’s attacking players would benefit if head coach Unai Emery was replaced by fellow Spaniard Luis Enrique, claims former Gunners striker Kevin Campbell.
Former Barcelona manager Enrique has been out of a job since leaving his role as Spain coach in June.
The 49-year-old suffered a family tragedy in August when his daughter, Xana, passed away aged nine after a five-month battle with bone cancer.
It is not known if and when Enrique will look to return to management but he has been linked with the Arsenal job in recent weeks.
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Former Arsenal striker Kevin Campbell on Luis Enrique
Emery is under pressure from supporters with the Gunners eight points outside the Champions League qualification places in the Premier League .
Campbell believes it is time his former side moved Emery on and looked to go in a different direction.
And he reckons Enrique, if he is ready to manage again, would help get the best out of strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette as well as Mesut Ozil and Nicolas Pepe.
“Some of the names, obviously [Massimiliano] Allegri’s got mentioned,” Campbell said on AFTV.
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Campbell believes it is time Arsenal moved on from Unai Emery (Image: AFTV) “Rafa Benitez has got a mention, who’s stuck out in China right now.
“Luis Enrique, I mentioned Luis Enrique. And I know he’s going through some bereavement with his family, with his daughter passing away.
“But it might be the kickstart he needs to get back into work, to get hands on and to just move on with his life. It might be the case, it might not, I’m not sure.
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Luis Enrique's last job was with the Spain national team (Image: GETTY) “But attacking football, that guy knows how to play. He knows how to play attacking football.
“We’ve got Aubameyang, Lacazette, Ozil and Pepe and the four of them have never played together, never been on the pitch.
“You would think, that four, you would build a team around that and you say ‘Right, you guys get on with it and we’ll do all the leg work around you’.”
