Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News 
March 11 – Misfiring on the pitch, Arsenal have set their sights on a brand new sporting director within the hope of discovering the elusive ingredient to win the Premier League, with Andrea Berta, previously of Atlético Madrid, the favorite to fill the emptiness.
The Gunners, who’ve been and not using a sporting director since Edu resigned from the place final November, have been conducting a recruitment course of and have thought-about numerous replacements.
Berta, 53, has now emerged because the primary candidate. The Italian was in Madrid for 12 years, overseeing the Diego Simeone revolution and a sustained interval of excellence, together with UEFA Champions League remaining appearances and a LaLiga title.
He had been linked to a return to his homeland, as AC Milan have been rumoured to be curious about his companies. Nevertheless, the lure of the Premier League couldn’t be ignored.
He has expertise in coping with the ability and wealth of the Premier League, having overseen the transfers of Julián Alvarez and Conor Gallagher from Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea respectively, value a mixed £94m.
Whereas he has had success within the switch market, there have been some high-profile misses within the type of João Felix (€126m from Benfica in 2019), Thomas Lemar (€60m from Monaco in 2018), Álvaro Morata (€58m from Chelsea in 2020) and Diego Costa (€55m additionally from Chelsea in 2017).
With Arsenal’s want for a striker clear for all to see, his prime job might be to seek out replacements for Gabriel Jesus, who ruptured his ACL, and Kai Havertz, who has did not show that he’s a productive quantity 9. Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins was thought-about within the January gross sales however was deemed too costly.
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has discovered himself more and more underneath strain to win a trophy regardless of successive second-place finishes within the Premier League. His relationship with the Italian might be essential if his staff are to make the leap to winners.
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