Arsenal have appointed Borussia Dortmund’s chief scout Sven Mislintat as their new head of recruitment, the Premier League club announced on Monday. Mislintat has spent 10 years at Dortmund and is credited with helping to recruit players such as Shinji Kagawa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ousmane Dembele and Christian Pulisic. He will work alongside Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis to identify potential new signings. We look forward to him taking our existing recruitment approach forwards.”Arsenal’s chief scout Steve Rowley has stood down, but will continue to work with the club on a consultancy basis. “We would like to thank Steve Rowley for all his hard work over many years for the club,” Wenger said.

Source: Punch November 20, 2017 19:41 UTC