Arsenal set to appoint former Man Utd star to Mikel Arteta's coaching staff

Arsenal are poised to adhd erstwhile Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze to Mikel Arteta's coaching staff, according to reports.

The Athletic reported - connected Thursday nighttime - that Heinze is expected to beryllium appointed arsenic the newest subordinate of Arteta's excavation of coaches pursuing Carlos Cuesta's departure. The Spaniard left the Gunners to go Parma's caput manager past month.

Heinze played with Arteta during their playing careers astatine Paris Saint-Germain. The Argentine near PSG successful 2004 to motion for Man Utd, earlier representing Real Madrid, Marseille, Roma and Newell's Old Boys.

The 47-year-old has spent his post-retirement days successful the dug-out with managerial roles astatine Argentine broadside Godoy Cruz, MLS outfit Atlanta United and Newell's Old Boys. He departed his past coaching relation successful November 2023.

The study says that Heinze volition present articulation Albert Stuivenberg, Nico Jover and Inaki Cana arsenic Arteta's coaching staff. Fabrizio Romano has seconded the study and stated that Arteta attempted to bring him to the Emirates Stadium successful 2024.

Previously, the Arsenal caput manager name-checked Heinze arsenic 1 of his inspirations during his clip astatine PSG. He said: "The different inspirations were [Mauricio] Pochettino and Heinze, those 2 were adjacent to maine each the time, down me, and they were guiding maine successful everything I had to bash successful my nonrecreational beingness - however I had to recognize the crippled and they were inspirational to me."

Heinze is predicted to articulation the Gunners for pre-season earlier returning to Old Trafford astatine the commencement of the 2025/26 season. Arsenal play Ruben Amorim's Man Utd successful the archetypal crippled of the play adjacent month.

The erstwhile defender joined Sir Alex Ferguson's squad successful 2004 from PSG and lifted the Premier League rubric successful 2007. He was signed by Madrid for astir £8m that summertime to travel successful the footsteps of David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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