Juventus Set to Lose Recruitment First Choice Tognozzi to Arsenal for 2025-26

Matteo Tognozzi in advanced talks to join Arsenal

Arsenal are set to appoint Matteo Tognozzi to their recruitment team under Andrea Berta, adding experience from Juventus and Granada to their backroom setup.

Juventus set to lose recruitment first choice Tognozzi to Arsenal for 2025-26

In a surprising twist, Juventus had been on the verge of bringing Matteo Tognozzi back to Turin, but now he is reported to be in advanced talks with Arsenal instead.The 38-year-old had been at Juve from 2017 to October 2023 as a chief scout, before he was given a stronger role as director of sport at Granada in Spain.That experience ended in February 2025 and he was widely expected to come back to the Old Lady, albeit in a position that was yet …

Report: Berta lines up compatriot for backroom role

According to Fabrizio Romano, Andrea Berta is set to bolster the team around him by bringing in fellow Italian Matteo Tognozzi. The 38-year-old was most recently Sporting Director at Granada, but left the Spanish side in February after just over a year in the role. Before that, he spent five years as lead scout at Juventus, having also held scouting positions at Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburg, Zenit St Petersburg, and the lesser-known Italian sides R…

Arsenal in advanced talks with former Juventus head of scouting Matteo Tognozzi - ArsenalNews.co.uk

Former Granada sporting director and former Juventus head of scouting, Matteo Tognozzi, is currently in advanced talks to join Arsenal, according to Italian journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. The Italian will be linking up with Gunners sporting director Andrea Berta, and he could be joining them in the coming days as plans for the