It has been nine and a half years since Ivan Gazidis took up his post as Arsenal’s CEO. Gazidis walked into a politically unique situation at Arsenal, with an all-powerful legacy manager, given the freedom of the club to assuage his misgivings over the departure of his friend and colleague David Dein. Ivan has reluctantly been thrust into the foreground as Arsene’s powers waned and rifts in a disgruntled fan base began to grow. Any manager is judged by a trifecta of stakeholders- the players, the board and the supporters. I think it is fair to say that Arsene lost all of those groups to varying degrees and Gazidis’ task in delicately removing a benevolent dictator has been a...
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