The 37-year-old is once again being considered and while Guardiola has sung the praises of his assistant he also hinted that Arteta wouldn’t be leaving the club until the end of the season at the earliest.
“Of course [Arteta] will be a manager sooner or later,” Guardiola said.
“We are going to finish the season but in the future I don’t know what is going to happen.”
Vieira, who is currently the manager of Nice in Ligue 1, is also understood to be on the Gunners shortlist.