Why Arsenal's move for sporting director Monchi could be scuppered

Monchi Arsenal

Monchi left Roma last week amid a restructure at the Italian club, following their disappointing exit to Porto in the Champions League. 

The 50-year-old built up a fine reputation at Sevilla with their extraordinary buy-and-sell policy, turning major profits on the likes of Dani Alves, Ivan Rakitic, Carlos Bacca and Seydou Keita.

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Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 


By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.