Ivan Gazidis loves to talk about process, about journeys, about minutae and he was in his element when he briefed a group of journalists at Emirates Stadium on the day that Unai Emery was unveiled as Arsenal’s new manager. It was 23 May and the chief executive went into extraordinary detail about how Emery had been chosen to succeed Arsène Wenger. He brought up challenging discussions, long lists, short lists, detailed personal references, outside perspectives and the analysis of “tens of hours of video tape on the three finalists that we eventually narrowed it down to.” Arsenal opt for change in management structure as Gazidis joins Milan Read more Gazidis and his recruitment...
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