{"id":285457,"date":"2011-03-01T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-we-need-a-strong-business-to-build-a-team-capable-of-challenging-for-silverware\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:50:00","slug":"arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-we-need-a-strong-business-to-build-a-team-capable-of-challenging-for-silverware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-we-need-a-strong-business-to-build-a-team-capable-of-challenging-for-silverware\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: We need a strong business to build a team capable of challenging for silverware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Burke<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Mar 2011 10:50:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.8991354467\">\n<div readability=\"19.2352941176\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsenal's new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d2b76b9539974_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"33.8461538462\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> chief executive Ivan Gazidis says the club need &#8220;a solid financial basis&#8221; on which to build upon in order to win silverware.<\/p>\n<p>After the defeat to Birmingham City in the League Cup final on Sunday, the club are still yet to win silverware since their 2005 FA Cup win.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have been in impressive form this season, challenging Manchester United at the top of the table, but Sunday\u2019s defeat to Birmingham has raised new questions about the maturity and mental strength on the side.<\/p>\n<p>After revealing that Arsenal have lost a total of \u00a32.5 million over a six-month period, Gazidis is adamant that if the club want to challenge for trophies in the future, then they need to get their finances sorted first.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOf course, we are all desperately disappointed and we were hoping we would do better on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a very young team. The average age against Barcelona was just 23 and what we\u2019re focused on is making sure we keep the key talents in the team together and signing them to long-term contracts. It\u2019s not about profits. The currency we evaluate ourselves with is pride, the pride we create among our fan base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is driven certainly by trophies but by far more than that. The reason we have to have a strong business is that it gives us the platform on which to create that pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives us a solid financial basis on which to plan for the future with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"1.5\"><span readability=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/714b1c6993900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/73587a9693899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d2b76b9539974_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/01\/2374058\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-we-need-a-strong\" title=\"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: We need a strong business to build a team capable of challenging for silverware\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: We need a strong business to build a team capable of challenging for silverware<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Burke 1 Mar 2011 10:50:00 Arsenal&#8217;s new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer Related Links Teams Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis says the club need &#8220;a solid financial basis&#8221; on which to build upon in order to win silverware. After the defeat to Birmingham City in the League Cup final on Sunday, the club are still yet to win silverware since their 2005 FA Cup win. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: We need a strong business to build a team capable of challenging for silverware - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-we-need-a-strong-business-to-build-a-team-capable-of-challenging-for-silverware\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: We need a strong business to build a team capable of challenging for silverware - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Burke 1 Mar 2011 10:50:00 Arsenal&#039;s new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer Related Links Teams Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis says the club need &quot;a solid financial basis&quot; on which to build upon in order to win silverware. 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