Significant Arsenal appointment will ensure Reiss Nelson doesn't become another Serge Gnabry

There has been a new appointment to the backroom staff at Arsenal, as former lead data analyst Ben Knapper has been given the newly-created position of Loans Manager, as reported by Training Ground Guru.

In a period of much change at the club, which has included the likes of Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis leaving and the arrivals of Unai Emery and Raul Sanllehi, it would be easy for such an appointment to go largely unnoticed.

However, Knapper has the potential to have a profound impact in his new role. The Gunners have been underperforming in the loan market for years; consistently failing to...