Sanllehi's challenge: Fundamental change needed at Arsenal to keep pace with PL elite - opinion
Last Tuesday the final part of the jigsaw in Arsenal’s development of a new football infrastructure was completed.
Well, so Raul Sanllehi claimed anyway.
The Gunners marked their first full week back in pre-season training with the announcement that Edu would take on a role as technical director of the club, overseeing a whole host of matters from the first team through to the academy and in terms of scouting and recruitment.
It seems a large role to take on but should, at last, finally see a greater focus on the things that Arsenal perhaps haven’t been so good at in recent years....