Arsenal’s new sports director signed Rodri for 16.5 million GBP and sealed bargains Luis Suarez Deal

Arsenal has made an agreement with Andrea Berta to become her new sports director, Talksport understands.

The Gunners searched for a new transfer guru in November after Edus’s exit.

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Edu had spent five years in the Emirates stage after returning to the club in 2019.

Interim sports director Jason Ayto was a candidate for the role with the former midfielder of Gunners, Tomas Rosicky.

The former sports director of Manchester United, Dan Ashworth, was also associated with the role that suddenly left Old Trafford in December.

However, Berta should hand over the job.

The Italian had been associated with joining AC Milan in the last few weeks after he left Atletico Madrid.

Berta spent 12 years with the Spanish giants before leaving the club in January.

During his time at Atletico, Diego Simeone won six trophies, including two Laliga titles and the Europa League.

It is its transmission competence that has attracted attention after a series of top -class deals in the Spanish capital.

Berta completed the signing of Rodri von Villarreal in 2018.

After 47 appearances, the midfielder was sold a year later for £ 58 million to Manchester City.

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Andrea Berta’s remarkable signs

• Antoine Griezmann: 2014 and 2021 (Real Sociedad and Barcelona) – £ 24.8m and £ 16.5m
• Rodri: 2018 (Villarreal) – £ 16.5m
• Luis Suarez: 2020 (Barcelona) – £ 5.5m
• Jan Oblak: 2014 (Benfica) – £ 13m
• Marcos Llorente: 2019 (Real Madrid) – £ 35m
• Kieran Trippier: 2019 (Tottenham) – £ 20m

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Rodri won 11 trophies with city, including the Treble, and won the balloon d’Or in October.

His devastating ACL injury has an enormous impact on Pep Guardiola’s team, which was not defending her Premier League title and deleted from the Champions League.

Berta also supervised the sale of Antoine Griezmann to Barcelona for £ 99 million in 2019, before signing again for £ 18 million four years later.

His remarkable signs also include Joao Felix, Kieran Trippier, Luis Suarez, Julian Alvarez and Conor Gallagher.

After Berta started his career in his home country of Italy with Carpendolo, he also worked with Parma and Genoa in the past.

He was also appointed “Sports Director of the Year” at the Globe Soccer Awards in 2019.

The prize was also won by the former Tottenham director Fabio Paratici and the outgoing city leader Txiki Begiristain.

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