Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a huge admirer of Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson.
The veteran Englishman announced he was leaving Palace at the end of the season when his contract expires.
Hodgson is the oldest manager in the Premier League, and Arteta believes he is an inspiration to younger coaches.
"He is an absolute legend," Arteta told reporters at his pre-match press conference before facing Palace on Wednesday.
"What he has done in football, for English football, what he transmits as a person, as a manager, the work he has done at different clubs, I think it is remarkable.
"To keep doing it for so long, with the way he has always conducted himself, I think it's a great example for me as a young coach - he is someone I admire.
"I think it's what he transmits to me personally, what I've heard about him and what he has done at every football club, how he has represented those clubs. At different levels and what he has always managed to do with his teams and, again, I love what I do and I have an incredible passion.
"But as well knowing how difficult it is in certain moments so when the passion is always the driver and nothing else is as important its incredible because we love this game so much and he has managed to put all the time that priority on the table even when he didn't need to do it anymore.
"He has proven at every place what he can do and he still showed that love to the game. I think we need people like that in this game."
