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Arsene Wenger Confirmed as FIFA Chief of Global Football Development

Arsene Wenger has found his next job in football after the former Arsenal manager was confirmed as the new FIFA chief of global football development on Wednesday.

Wenger, who left the Gunners in 2018, met with world football governing body president Gianni Infantino in Zurich, Switzerland, with the appointment later announced on FIFA's official website.

The Frenchman's remit will involve the following:

"... overseeing and driving the growth and development of the sport for both men and women around the world. He will also be the leading authority on technical matters, both as a member of the Football and Technical Advisory Panels involved in The IFAB's review and decision-making process on potential changes to the Laws of the Game, and as chairman of the FIFA Technical Study Group, which has conducted the technical analysis of FIFA tournaments since 1966.