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Arsenal appoint 2 new scouting staff & promote 1 other

Arsenal appoint 2 new scouting staff & promote 1 other

Arsenal have brought two new faces into their youth scouting team, as well as promoting one other member of their existing staff.

Arsenal’s English striker Bukayo Saka (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal. English FA Cup fourth round football match between Bournemouth and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on January 27, 2020. (Photo by Glyn…

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Details as Arsenal restructure youth scouting department

Details as Arsenal restructure youth scouting department

Arsenal are restructuring their youth scouting department after sacking Steve Morrow and a number of other scouts in November.

Steve Morrow (Photo via Standard.co.uk)

Training Ground Guru report that Lee Herron will lead the new youth scouting ‘Talent ID’ department at Arsenal.

The club sacked Steve Morrowfrom the old role – Head of Youth Scouting – in November. They also removed a number of…

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Lee Herron confirms move to Arsenal and sends farewell message to Reading

Lee Herron confirms move to Arsenal and sends farewell message to Reading

Lee Herron is joining Arsenal as head of academy football operations this summer, and he gave a heartfelt goodbye to Reading after his departure was announced last week.

Herron was Academy Manager at Reading, and in total he spent 20 years with the club. Unsurprisingly, he didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye, and sent a farewell letter to the Reading Chronicle, which you can read in full

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Herron is leaving Reading for Arsenal

Lee Herron is leaving Reading to join Arsenal, according to sports journalist Simon Austin, formerly of the BBC. Austin wrote on the Training Ground Guru website that Herron will become the tenth major Arsenal appointment since June 2017. He’ll be working with the academy as Football Operations Manager, as we reported previously. https://twitter.com/sport_simon/status/948852573255106560 Per…

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Inside Lee Herron's new role at Arsenal

Inside Lee Herron’s new role at Arsenal

Lee Herron has reportedly been handed a role at Arsenal’s academy, which has led Gooners to speculate over what this could entail. Football.London, following on from a report in the Reading Chronicle, claim that the Reading coach will slot in underneath Per Mertesacker, who will stop playing at the end of the season. The German will become head of the academy while Herron takes up a ‘football…

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Stam admits Arsenal 'temptation' for man tipped to assist Mertesacker

Stam admits Arsenal ‘temptation’ for man tipped to assist Mertesacker

Reading manager Jaap Stam wouldn’t be surprised if academy manager Lee Herron joined Arsenal. Arsenal are reportedly set to appoint Herron to a new football operations role in their academy. He’s expected to work alongside new academy director Per Mertesacker next season and assist with the scheduling of youth fixtures. Speaking about the report, Reading manager Jaap Stam acknowledges how…

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Arsenal appoint Herron in 'Football Operations' role

Arsenal appoint Herron in ‘Football Operations’ role

Arsenal have reportedly appointed Reading’s academy manager, Lee Herron. According to an exclusive report from Football.London, Lee Herron is set to step in and take up a ‘football operations’ role within the management structure of Arsenal’s academy. Luke Hobbs has been in charge since Andries Jonker took over as Wolfsburg manager in February 2017. When Hobbs steps down at the end of the season,…

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Arsenal targeting Reading academy manager Lee Herron to work with Mertesacker

Arsenal are eyeing up Reading’s academy manager Lee Herron to work with Per Mertesacker in their new youth setup next season. Metro write that the Gunners have been impressed by the job Herron has done at Reading, particularly with a number of his players making it into the England youth teams, and they want to bring the youth boss to North London as a result. Per Mertesacker has already been…

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