Paris Saint-Germain no longer has interest in hiring Arsene Wenger as manager as they did in the early days under Oryx Qatar Sports Investments, but they are interested in hiring him as a general manager.

"I can see him managing a whole club, not a director," Emmanuel Petit said. "PSG are very interested in him, they need a profile like Arsene's. I can see him coming back at a big club.

"Arsene is a very honest guy; a very straight guy and I feel he can bring a lot to football again.

"I think PSG are very interested in him -- not as a manager on the pitch but the go-between with [Thomas] Tuchel [Unai Emery's reported replacement] and the president [chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi].

"When you look at the players' behaviour at PSG in the past few years, they need a strong person, with credibility who can be respected by the dressing room.

"It is hard to see him somewhere different, it is hard to see him managing another club."