It was in the air, now there is also the official. Ivan Gazidis leaves Arsenal to sign with Milan. What has been the man of the accounts of the Gunners of recent years is ready to arrive at Casa Milan to play the role of CEO of the club of Scaroni.
To communicate it was the English company, which on its Twitter account has formalized the transition to the Rossoneri of the South African sports executive. Ivan Gazidis will lead Milan from 1 December 2018.
After playing a key role in the creation of US Major League Soccer, in 2009 Ivan Gazidis became CEO of Arsenal. Under his leadership, Arsenal won three FA Cups and qualified for the Champions League for eight consecutive years. Gazidis has also launched several projects aimed at the growth of the Club: above all, the company's stock market, which has doubled its turnover over the years to reach over £ 400 million, with a staff of about 600 employees.
Ivan Gazidis is also present in various governing bodies of European football, such as the board of directors of the European Club Association (ECA), the working group for relations with the ECA institutions (President), the ECA statutory business panel (Chairman) , the Professional Game Board (Chairman), the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee, the UEFA Executive Committee and the FA Council.
Comunicato Ufficiale— AC Milan (@acmilan) September 18, 2018
Un CEO di livello mondiale per il Milan
Ivan Gazidis guiderà il Club rossonero dal 1° dicembre 2018: https://t.co/9oQ8GVh4N2 pic.twitter.com/SC3vwCb6J9
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