Raul Sanllehi: 'I had to lay off 55 people at Arsenal, without knowing I was the 56th'

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Raul Sanllehi: 'I had to lay off 55 people at Arsenal, without knowing I was the 56th'
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🗣️ “The Zaragoza project is fantastic, unique, bringing an old-time, very historic club back where it belongs.' Raul Sanllehi speaks to dermotmcorrigan about life after Arsenal, his new role at Real Zaragoza and their quest to return to La Liga.

We will talk about all that soon, but first Sanllehi wants to make it clear there are no hard feelings about his Arsenal exit, even if it came as a surprise to him at the time.

“I don’t feel betrayed by the Kroenkes,” he says. “The Kroenkes had the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids, and all of a sudden, all those teams could not play . “You still had to pay the salaries. You did not have guaranteed broadcasting revenues. They entered into panic, but a logical panic, as the world entered into panic. Without COVID, I am sure I would still be there, as my relationship with the Kroenkes was great.

“It is funny now, but I remember in December 2019, I had dinner with the four guys: Mikel Arteta, Edu, Huss Fahmy and Per Mertesacker.

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