Tag: Ivan Gazidis

Unearth the thrilling tale behind Andrei Arshavin's last-minute transfer to Arsenal, involving a £1.2m gamble by agent Jon Smith.

Marouane Chamakh may have arrived on a free with Park Chu Young costing a paltry £5.85m but by the end of their time at Arsenal they had cost the club a combined total of £34m for not a lot in return.

For reasons not every Arsenal fan understands, I like to keep an eye on what players and coaches get up to when they leave Arsenal, so here's a round-up of what some ex-Gunners have been up to this week.

Ivan Gazidis will leave AC Milan on 5 December after joining the Italians in 2018 when he left Arsenal.

Arsenal have been used as a warning to Barcelona about what can happen to a club when they start to decline.

Olivier Giroud is now an AC Milan player with Ivan Gazidis no doubt playing a role in the Frenchman's arrival.

Why did Raul Sanllehi leave Barcelona and join Arsenal? It's a question few cared to ask when he first arrived but many questions raised their head, most of them very uncomfortable.

Ivan Gazidis is trying to reunite the dream team by bringing Unai Emery to AC Milan as their new manager, according to reports in Italy.

The tide has turned swiftly against Ivan Gazidis as AC Milan fans realise a lot quicker than Arsenal ones did that the CEO is more than a bit useless.

AC Milan lost 5-0 to Atalanta on Sunday with Ivan Gazidis overseeing the club's joint-heaviest defeat in Serie A and that's not all that's gone wrong for him since he jumped Arsenal's ship for more money.

Mohamed Elneny's agent is reportedly in negotiations with Real Betis as he tries to seal a January move away from Beiktas for his unhappy client.

When Arsene Wenger's book is released in 2020 there will be mile-long queues comprised of Arsenal fans, desperately seeking answers to some of the biggest mysteries from his time at the club.

Mohamed Elneny has reportedly offered himself to AC Milan but the Italians aren't interested in signing him.

Granit Xhaka is reportedly house-hunting in Milan ahead of a January move away from the club.

Granit Xhaka is looking for a home in Milan in anticipation of a move to the city to join AC Milan in January, according to reports in Switzerland.

It has been claimed that Raul Sanllehi wanted Luis Enrique as Arsenal manager but we ended up with Unai Emery. Is that what Raul wanted? The answer will tell us a lot about where Arsenal go next.

You have to hand it to Ivan Gazidis, he certainly doesn't lack grand plans and his latest is to bring Pep Guardiola and Marc Overmars to AC Milan.

Juventus are reportedly getting ready to offer Wojciech Szczesny a new contract at the club.

AC Milan are reportedly in negotiations to sign Mohamed Elneny in the January window and are getting close to completing a deal.

AC Milan and Inter Milan are both said to be interested in bringing in Mesut Ozil now that the player is clearly for sale.With the man who sanctioned his massive Arsenal wages in Italy, who would bet against him ending up there?

AC Milan are reportedly keen on bringing in Mohamed Elneny with the press in Italy seemingly under the Ivan Gazidis-fuelled impression that he's a special player.

Juventus and AC Milan are reportedly interested in Arsenal's 17-year-old forward, Sam Greenwood.

Lucas Torreira's agent has admitted that AC Milan (Ivan Gazidis) did try to sign Lucas Torreira this summer.

As Arsenal announced Nicolas Pepe and the memes featuring him alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette started to surface, I couldn’t help but think to myself ‘we’ve come a long way since the Banter Years of Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh and Carlos Vela'.

Over the weekend, the excellent Swiss Ramble analysed the true shape of Arsenal's finances and it left a massive question - what the hell did Ivan Gazidis do while he was at the club for so long?

AC Milan have reportedly offered Arsenal some loose change they found under a seat in the San Siro and, laughably, there are reports that Arsenal have not closed the door on this nonsense surrounding Lucas Torreira.

Ian Wright has not held back in revealing what he thinks about the state of Arsenal, claiming the club has been left in a mess.

Arsenal are reportedly 'very interested' in signing 17-year-old Brazilian Reinier, an attacking midfielder who can also play on the flanks.

Darren Burgess is set to be axed by Arsenal with the club reportedly placing at least part of the blame on him for the team's failure to reach the Champions League.

AC Milan and Ivan Gazidis are 'dreaming' of landing Lucas Torreira but the midfielder has no plans to go anywhere.

Ian Wright has not held back in revealing what he thinks about the state of Arsenal, claiming the club has been left in a mess.

Ivan Gazidis and AC Milan are thinking about trying to get their grubby little hands on Lucas Torreira as the former Arsenal chief exec proves, once again, he cares not for Arsenal.

Shad Forsythe's wife posted a picture of him at AC Milan a few days ago and I wanted to see if any denials followed, but so far there has been silence.

Ivan Gazidis's presence in Milan could force Leonardo out with the Brazilian tipped to replace Edu who is still said to be Arsenal-bound.

It was recently reported that Ivan Gazidis wants Laurent Koscielny but he apparently wants Henrikh Mkhitaryan too.

AC Milan are interested in signing Shkodran Mustafi this summer, after a recommendation from Ivan Gazidis, with a deal expected to cost them around €20m.

Ivan Gazidis reportedly wants to bring Unai Emery (or Mauricio Sarri) to AC Milan as he tries to turn the Italians into a Premier League club.

Ivan Gazidis wants to lure Mauricio Pochettino away from Tottenham as it finally becomes clear why he left Arsenal in the first place.

Arsenal had scouts in Italy to watch Suso once again as his AC Milan side beat Chievo 2-1 on Saturday.

Andrea Sartori of professional service company KPMG says Ivan Gazidis is going to try and replicate what he did with Arsenal in Milan, but he has his work cut out for him.