Arsenal made eight signings during Sven Mislintat's 14-month spell as their head of recruitment
Tuesday 22 January 2019 10:41, UK
Head of recruitment Sven Mislintat is leaving Arsenal next month, but how do you rate their signings during his time at the club?
The appointment of the former Borussia Dortmund talent-spotter, nicknamed 'Diamond Eye', in November 2017 was seen as a coup, but Arsenal confirmed his imminent departure in a statement on Monday.
The Gunners made eight signings during Mislintat's time in charge of their recruitment department.
His first transfer window at the club saw a club-record £60m move for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Dortmund, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan also arriving as part of the deal which sent Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United, and little-known Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos joining from PAS Giannina.
Together with Ivan Gazidis and Raul Sanllehi, Mislintat was then part of the three-man panel which appointed Unai Emery in May, after which he helped Arsenal bring in a further five new signings.
Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi arrived from Sampdoria and Lorient respectively to strengthen the midfield, while Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Stephan Lichtsteiner were brought into the defence and Bernd Leno arrived to provide competition for Petr Cech in goal.
So which signings were hits and which were misses? Have your say below and see how they rank.
