ARSENAL are set to add Granada sporting director Javier Alonso to their recruitment team.
Alonso, 37, is moving to North London to join the Gunners after so far spending his career working in Italy and Spain.
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Andrea Berta heads up Arsenal’s recruitment team and is behind the hire of Javier Alonso Credit: Getty
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Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta, who heads the club’s recruitment department, is behind the hire after working with Alonso at Atletico Madrid.
The Spaniard was appointed as Atletico’s head of scouting in 2016 and stayed there until moving to Granada just over two years ago.
Alonso was Granada’s sporting director, but he first started out over a decade ago working as a youth coach at Spanish side Sporting Gijon.
He is the latest new face to join Arsenal’s recruitment setup after Maurizio Michele became part of the team last year.
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The former Napoli head of scouting, like Alonso, was another pick of Berta’s and has a glowing reputation.
Michele is famed for unearthing Slovakia star Marek Hamsik, but he is also credited with spotting Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Arsenal are yet to make any major moves in this transfer window and the only deals done so far were always expected to go through.
Piero Hincapie’s loan move from Bayer Leverkusen has been made permanent for a fee of £34.5million.
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was spotted by Maurizio Michele during his time at Napoli Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Jakub Kiwior has left the club to join Porto after they activated a clause that was part of his loan move last summer.
The defender is joining the Portuguese champions for a fee of around £14.5m, plus a further £4m in add-ons.
