Tomas Rosicky spent several years with Mikel Arteta at Arsenal and is now linked with the sporting director role at the club.
Arsenal are still reeling from the shock decision of Edu Gaspar to resign from his role as sporting director. The Brazilian has reportedly agreed to join Evangelos Marinakis’ multi-club model to head up operations and oversee many different sides.
This has left the Gunners without a key figure ahead of the upcoming transfer windows. Newly-promoted managing director Richard Garlick is heading up the process to replace Edu with input from Mikel Arteta.
Several names have already been mentioned but Footmercato have claimed that former Gunners midfielder Tomáš Rosický is being considered for the role. Since he left the club in 2016 after making 247 appearances for the club, he returned to his former side Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic for one final season before retiring.
He would join the executive setup the following year in 2018 before taking on the role of sporting director later the same year. He has overseen quite the rise of one of Europe’s sleeping giants.
To get a better understanding of his work, football.london spoke to chief sports writer for Seznam Zprávy, Martin Vait. An expert in Czech football and Martin has very kindly given a thorough overview of Rosický’s candidacy.
“Tomáš Rosický has grown into his role slowly – at first he couldn’t find the right coach and a balance between players,” he said. “He inherited an unmotivated and overpaid squad full of experienced players which was very hard to ship out.
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