{"id":440468,"date":"2011-06-13T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-promises-busy-summer-of-transfer-activity-at-the-club\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T20:45:00","slug":"arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-promises-busy-summer-of-transfer-activity-at-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-promises-busy-summer-of-transfer-activity-at-the-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis promises busy summer of transfer activity at the club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>13 Jun 2011 21:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"76.1923076923\">\n<div readability=\"18.5428571429\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsenal's new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/39900\/39974_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/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<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"40.8349626222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the club\u2019s fans that there will be plenty of transfer activity at the Emirates Stadium this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners were in the hunt for four trophies in February but defeats to Barcelona in the Champions League, Manchester United in the FA Cup and Birmingham in the League Cup final, combined with dropping points in the league, saw Arsene Wenger\u2019s men finish the season in fourth position and without a trophy for a sixth successive year.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries depleted the squad at times during the season, and Gazidis acknowledges there needs to be investment this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very clear we had some shortcomings and in this close season we are going to see some turnover of players,\u201d Gazidis said to the Arsenal Supporters Trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome new signings will be coming in and some of our existing squad will be going out. As Arsene has said, it will be a busy close season for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the chief executive refused to label the season as a failure and reiterated his, and his fellow directors&#8217;, faith in Wenger\u2019s plans to revamp the squad in preparation for the new campaign.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cIt is also important to recognise that it has not been a disaster,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a young squad and we don\u2019t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trick will be identify which parts to keep and which parts to turnover. And we will do that within our financial capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cComing off the end of the season, I share with you a sense of profound disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a season that promised a great deal and looked like it could turn into a very special one but in the end a familiar story began to tell itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the feelings that we all felt.\u201d<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><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:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.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:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/13\/2530875\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-promises-busy-summer-of\" title=\"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis promises busy summer of transfer activity at the club\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis promises busy summer of transfer activity at the club<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 13 Jun 2011 21:45:00 Arsenal&#8217;s new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer Related Links Teams Players Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the club\u2019s fans that there will be plenty of transfer activity at the Emirates Stadium this summer. The Gunners were in the hunt for four trophies in February but defeats to Barcelona in the Champions League, Manchester United in the FA Cup and Birmingham in the League Cup final, combined with dropping points in the league, saw Arsene Wenger\u2019s men finish the season in fourth position and without a trophy for a sixth successive year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":415479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"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 promises busy summer of transfer activity at the club - 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\/06\/13\/arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-promises-busy-summer-of-transfer-activity-at-the-club\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis promises busy summer of transfer activity at the club - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 13 Jun 2011 21:45:00 Arsenal&#039;s new CEO Ivan Gazidis, formerly a big player with Major League Soccer Related Links Teams Players Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the club\u2019s fans that there will be plenty of transfer activity at the Emirates Stadium this summer. 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