Raul Sanllehi lights up a cigar. It's the evening of Aug. 9. Arsenal's head of football has spent the whole day at the club's training ground in London Colney. He arrived extremely early on site and will almost certainly be one of the last one to leave. Aug. 9 was, for those concerned, another successful day in Arsenal's transfer window. On deadline day, and right at the wire, the Gunners signed two more players who illustrate perfectly the talent of the man the club hope can be their long-term football mastermind. The first one was a target for a long time. To recruit Celtic and Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney, Sanllehi and his team, consisting of chief negotiator Huss Fahmy and...
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