'I met with my choice for Arsenal's new sporting director – talks have begun'

Arsenal leader Tomas Rosicky has been tipped to regenerate Edu arsenic Arsenal's caller sporting director, up of academy manager Per Mertesacker, by a Gunners legend

An Arsenal state of Mikel Arteta has been backed to win Edu arsenic the club’s caller sporting director.

The Gunners person stepped up their hunt pursuing the Brazilian’s determination to prosecute a “different challenge”. Edu is acceptable articulation forces with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis successful a multi-club role. The Greek shipping billionaire besides owns Olympiacos and Rio Ave, and is reportedly successful talks to buy a controlling involvement successful Brazilian broadside Vasco da Gama.

With Edu playing a cardinal relation successful turning the Gunners into genuine rubric contenders again, it is simply a cardinal assignment for the nine arsenic they look to proceed their upward momentum. According to Arsenal fable Anders Limpar, they should spell for different erstwhile subordinate successful Tomas Rosicky, who is reportedly successful talks with the northbound London club.

Rosicky, 44, who played 246 games nether Arsene Wenger and was adjacent to Arteta, is presently sporting manager astatine Sparta Prague but has retained beardown ties with the Gunners, precocious attending Kevin Campbell's funeral, wherever helium spoke to Limpar.

He told BonusCodeBet.co.uk: "I sat down with him and had a chat with him. He's an intelligent guy. He's precise calm. He knows his football.”

Limpar, 59, addressed a imaginable interior campaigner successful Per Mertesacker, Arsenal’s existent academy head. The Swede, who played for the Gunners betwixt 1990 and 1994, added: "I met Per Mertesacker erstwhile I visited the grooming centre successful September and I can't really fig retired what I deliberation astir him, due to the fact that I don't cognize him. I conscionable cognize that helium is the caput of the academy.

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"In my book, some of them are large candidates but my prime would beryllium Tomas. He's a precise bully feline and his cognition of shot is amazing. Very clever feline and helium speaks cleanable English. He should beryllium suitable for the Arsenal job."

After confirming his departure earlier this month, Edu said: “I’ve loved moving with truthful galore large colleagues crossed our men’s, women’s and academy teams, particularly Mikel, who has go a large friend.

“Now it is clip to prosecute a antithetic challenge. Arsenal volition ever stay successful my heart. I privation the nine and its supporters lone bully things and each the precise best.”

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