Ivan Gazidis is set to take Arsenal scout Gilles Grimandi with him when he begins his new job as CEO of AC Milan next month, the Mirror reports.
Gazidis will start his new role with the Italian giants on December 1 after he put end to his contract with Arsenal last month.
Grimandi is set to be Gazidis’ first appointment at AC Milan after being a scout for the Gunners since 2006/
Grimandi is also an ex-Arsenal player and won two Premier League titles and two FA Cups with the club.
Gazidis and Grimandi are believed to have a strong working relationship with eachother, and rumours are now rife that former Gunners boss Arsene Wenger could soon be appointed AC Milan head coach to complete the trio.
Raul Sanllehi was appointed as Arsenal’s new head of football last month and soon outlined the Gunners’ plans for the upcoming January transfer window.
I’m not a strong believer of the winter window, normally it’s used for emergency cases when things are not going the way you planned in the summer window,” said Sanllehi.
That doesn’t mean we’re not going to use it, I don’t know yet, it’s early in the process.
If things go as planned, the winter window should not be as relevant as the summer window.
First we need to know what the needs could be, what opportunities are in the market. We’re not actively looking into that.
Of course we’re always watching the market, we have a whole team of professionals constantly analysing what’s in the market, what opportunities could be there, also our head coach analyses what needs he may have.
We have not reached a point where we’ve decided whether we are going or not for the winter window.
But it will always be a decision according to the needs we may have.
