Frank Arnesenis a former Danish footballer. Arnesen was Director of Football at English football clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, and was Sporting Director at Hamburger SV, Metalist Kharkiv and PAOK FC... (wikipedia)
Many clubs like him and this is normal, he is big lad, left footed and has a lot of experience even though he is only 21.
Simon has given this club great service but he was ready for a new challenge and we wish him all the best.
He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1.
He is a great talent with special qualities, a very promising central defender who possesses a good mentality and who will further enhance our growing squad.
He is 31 in February and it is the ideal situation for him and us -- and he will stay here for 18 months.
He was keen to return home and, although we rate him highly here, we did not like to see him unhappy.
It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience in European competition.
Our target is to find an academy player and bring him through to the first team in two years' time.
We were looking for a very good keeper, who has the ambition to play, but also knows Paul Robinson is in front of him,
We do have to buy players like Real Madrid and AC Milan so we can't say our philosophy is just to use young players, ... We will bring players in from outside and inside but it is up to me and the academy to make sure the players are good enough.
When Roman came here he wanted to quickly get the club up to a certain level,
I've been more involved in football in the last one-and-a-half months here than I have been in the entire year,
He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball.