Ivan Gazidis

Ivan Gazidis says that Arsenal are driven to give young players the best opportunity in the Premier League.

Oddly enough, the day after reports emerged that chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, had issued Barcelona with a sternly worded ‘hands off’ letter regarding their pursuit of Hector Bellerin, the Catalan giants have more or less signed Benfica’s Nelson Semedo.

Arsene Wenger, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and Petr Cech greeted the press in their first press conference of the tour.

Arsenal have brought in goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo as the changes to the backroom staff continue.

Arsene Wenger’s coaching team will remain unchanged after they agreed new contracts.

Ivan Gazidis engaged fans in a Q&A session last night, where he discussed transfers, Arsene Wenger and unity.

Barcelona have decided a move for Hector Bellerin this summer would be “impossible” after being told by Arsenal that he wasn’t for sale.

With Roma close to signing Nice’s Jean-Michael Seri, questions will be asked why Arsenal have been beaten to a transfer target by a seemingly lesser club.

The restructuring of Arsenal’s backroom staff continues with the appointment of Team Sky chief Huss Fahmy to handle contract negotiations within the squad.

Darren Burgess, former Head of Fitness at Liverpool, has been appointed as Arsenal’s Performance Director and will provide a variety of tasks alongside Arsene Wenger.

So rather than twisting, Arsenal have decided to stick with Wenger, the board, the coaches and the staff.

Arsenal have yet to appoint a new Head of Youth Development and haven’t much much progress, according to latest reports.

Arsenal are believed to be looking at candidates for a new “football operations” role to assist Arsene Wenger.

It turns out that mortal enemies Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis weren’t actually in Nice last week to sign Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe, they were there for Alexandre Lacazette.

Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis were pictured in France over the weekend.

So, the last few days have been pretty quiet on the Arsenal front, huh?

The relationship between Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board has been strained for a large period of the season.

Ivan Gazidis has explained the extend of Arsenal’s ambition after handing Arsene Wenger a new two-year deal.

Ivan Gazidis sent an email to Arsenal staff following Wenger’s new contract.

Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis spoke with the club’s official website after manager Arsene Wenger signed new two-year contract.