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Arsenal poach the Premier League's director of football Richard Garlick with sports law expert set to succeed Huss Fahmy in player contract negotiation role at the Emirates Stadium

Richard Garlick is set to leave the Premier League to become Arsenal's new director of football operations.

Garlick has been the Premier League's director of football since the summer of 2018, tasked with overseeing football operations, youth development, young player education and coaching.

But he will now take up a new role at Arsenal later this year working closely with technical director Edu and succeeding contract negotiator Huss Fahmy.

Richard Garlick is set to leave the Premier League to become Arsenal's director of football operations later this year

Richard Garlick is set to leave the Premier League to become Arsenal's director of football operations later this year

Garlick is a qualified solicitor who specialises in sports law and he will work on player contracts at the Emirates Stadium.