Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been looking to add to his backroom staff after assistant coach Carlos Cuesta became Parma’s head coach earlier this summer. Arteta has known Heinze since he was a teenager at Paris Saint-Germain, where the pair played together over a decade ago.

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal have made moves off the pitch, with the Spaniard adding ex-team-mate and a former Man Utd player to his coaching staff.

Mikel Arteta is ringing the changes behind the scenes as Arsenal as the the Gunners attempt to cut the gap to Liverpool and a familiar face is set to arrive at the Emirates