Arsenal’s transfer setup is getting more complicated with a number of new appointments over the last year.

2Scouting – Mislintat and Cagigao

COLOGNE, GERMANY – JUNE 23: Sven Mislintat of the DFB Pro Licence Course 2010/2011 poses during the photocall at the Rheinenergie Stadium on June 23, 2010 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Contrary to what you might read on Twitter, Sven Mislintat isn’t going out and signing players on his own without the club’s permission.

In fact, he’s not signing players at all.

The German is known as ‘head of player recruitment’, but that means he’s in charge of the scouting network.

He co-ordinates Arsenal’s scouts, and presents their findings to the management as recommendations.

It’s up to the Gunners’ boss to take things from there.

If he trusts Mislintat’s judgement, then he’ll probably end up trying to bring in the players the 45-year-old suggests.

That’s what we’ve seen with Konstantinos Mavropanos, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang so far.

Mislintat will work on his role alongside Francis Cagigao, who is currently the head of international recruitment at the club.

Cagigao reportedly played an important part in signing Fabregas, Bellerin and Cazorla, among others.

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