Arsenal hires MLS exec Gazidis as its new CEO
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LONDON (AP) — Major League Soccer’s deputy commissioner is leaving to become the chief executive of Arsenal, one of the top teams in the English Premier League.

Arsenal announced Wednesday that outgoing deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis has been hired to help oversee team operations, handling such duties as transfer and contract negotiations. Gazidis, 44, begins in January in filling a gap left when David Dein quit as vice chairman last year.

PROFILE-Soccer-Arsenal’s new CEO will not “Disneyfy” the club
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LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Arsenal’s new chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, may have worked in U.S. soccer for the past 14 years but he grew up on the English game and will not try to make a “Disneyfied version” of the north London club.

New chief executive Ivan Gazidis will not ‘Disneyfy’ Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal
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Ivan Gazidis, Arsenal’s new chief executive, will take a hands-on role in transfer policy at the club after manager Arsene Wenger personally sanctioned his appointment at the Emirates

Arsenal get American makeover
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Stan Kroenke’s growing influence at Arsenal was clear yesterday after Ivan Gazidis became the club’s new chief executive.

The American businessman, who has joined the board as a non-executive director, is understood to have been consulted over the appointment and may, according to sources, have recommended Gazidis to be interviewed in the first place.