Richard Garlick is about to go away the Premier League to turn out to be Arsenal’s new director of soccer operations.
Garlick has been the Premier League’s director of soccer because the summer season of 2018, tasked with overseeing soccer operations, youth improvement, younger participant training and training.
However he’ll now take up a brand new function at Arsenal later this yr working intently with technical director Edu and succeeding contract negotiator Huss Fahmy.
Richard Garlick is about to go away the Premier League to turn out to be Arsenal’s director of soccer operations later this yr
Garlick will work intently with Arsenal’s technical director Edu (left, with supervisor Mikel Arteta)
Garlick is a professional solicitor who specialises in sports activities regulation and he’ll work on participant contracts on the Emirates Stadium.
His roles on the membership may even embody soccer operations within the first workforce and the academy plus liaison with soccer’s governing our bodies.
Previous to his publish with the Premier League, Garlick spent eight years at West Bromwich Albion, holding posts as authorized director/secretary, technical director after which director of soccer.
He’s additionally a former Soccer Affiliation Councillor and has represented the Premier League on a number of FA our bodies.
Fahmy left Arsenal in November after a big restructuring behind the scenes on the Emirates Stadium.
He had been working because the membership’s head of soccer operations with a key a part of his function negotiating and drawing up participant contracts.
Edu took over a few of these tasks however now Garlick will work with him and supervisor Mikel Arteta.
