Soccer: Arsenal CEO to move to Milan

(ANSA) - Milan, September 18 - Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis is to take up the same position at AC Milan from December 1, the seven-time European champs said Tuesday. Gazidis has been at the Emirates since 2009.
    Previously he played a major role in the creation of Major League Soccer.
    Milan said Executive Chairman Paolo Scaroni will hand over all chief executive duties to Gazidis on December 1.
    The club said: "In hiring Mr. Gazidis as CEO, AC Milan brings on board a world-class football executive with a track record of sporting and commercial success across the globe. "After playing a key role in founding Major League Soccer in the United States, in 2009 Mr. Gazidis went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the UK Premier League football club Arsenal. "Under Mr. Gazidis's leadership, London-based Arsenal football club enjoyed both on-field success and off-field prosperity. "Arsenal won three FA cups during his tenure and reached the UEFA Champions' League eight years in a row. "Mr. Gazidis spearheaded exemplary growth initiatives, building Arsenal into a profitable publicly traded company, with annual turnover having doubled to in excess of £400 million today and a staff of over 600 employees."