Marc Overmars is set to return to Arsenal in a potential director of football role from next season.
The former Gunners winger, who made 141 appearances and scored 40 goals for them between 1997 and 2000, has served as Ajax's director of football since the summer of 2012 but is poised to return to London.
Overmars, 44, is set to fulfil many of the duties performed by Dick Law, the club's transfer fixer who left at the end of last month.
Manager Arsene Wenger has always been reluctant to work in conjunction with a director of football given that he is reluctant to delegate.