De Maesschalck named Gunners' new academy director
Arsenal have appointed Strasbourg technical director Pascal De Maesschalck as the club's new academy head. The experienced Belgian has previously worked at Monaco and Club Brugge before joining Strasbourg in 2024. The likes of Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Ethan Nwaneri, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Max Dowman and Marli Salmon have all emerged through Arsenal's academy to feature for the first team during Mertesacker's tenure as manager of Arsenal's academy.