Thursday 7 November 2019 11:41, UK
Arsenal have appointed outgoing Barcelona director of football Raul Sanllehi as head of football relations.
Sanllehi is set to start in his new role at the Emirates in February, with his time at Barcelona coming to an end in December after 14 years at the club.
As head of football relations, Sanllehi will be in charge of player negotiations, working with manager Arsene Wenger, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and contract negotiator Huss Fahmy.
Alongside that, he will represent Arsenal and support the club with international and domestic governing bodies.
This appointment comes just a week after Arsenal hired Borussia Dortmund chief scout Sven Mislintat as head of recruitment.
Gazidis told Arsenal's website: "In the past three years we have supplemented our team with more top-class expertise across every aspect of our football operations.
"Raul's appointment is another important step in developing the infrastructure we need at the club to take everything we do to the next level.
Raul has extensive contacts across the football world and has been directly involved in some of the biggest transfers in Europe in recent years. We look forward to him bringing that expertise to Arsenal."
