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Arsenal hires MLS exec Gazidis as its new CEO
Major League Soccer’s deputy commissioner is leaving to become the chief executive of Arsenal, one of the top teams in the English Premier League.
Arsenal announced Wednesday that outgoing deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis has been hired to help oversee team operations, handling such duties as transfer and contract negotiations. Gazidis, 44, begins in January in filling a gap left when David Dein quit as vice chairman last year.
“I have been privileged in my 14 years with MLS to have worked with and for some of the best sports executives and owners in the world, whose vision, commitment and expertise have taken the league from strength to strength and provided a solid platform for its future growth,” Gazidis said.
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Major League Soccer’s deputy commissioner is leaving to become the chief executive of Arsenal, one of the top teams in the English Premier League.
Arsenal announced Wednesday that outgoing deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis has been hired to help oversee team operations, handling such duties as transfer and contract negotiations. Gazidis, 44, begins in January in filling a gap left when David Dein quit as vice chairman last year.
“I have been privileged in my 14 years with MLS to have worked with and for some of the best sports executives and owners in the world, whose vision, commitment and expertise have taken the league from strength to strength and provided a solid platform for its future growth,” Gazidis said.
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