Sven Mislintat has revealed how Arsenal have dramatically changed their transfer strategy following his exit.
The German was hired as head of recruitment at Arsenal before leaving after just 14 months to become Stuttgart's sporting director.
Mislintat claims he was offered the role of technical director in north London before his departure, and says Arsenal's hierarchy now relies on agents offering players as opposed to the club going out and looking for new signings.
Mislintat was instrumental in the Gunners landing the likes of Matteo Guendouzi and Bernd Leno during his tenure.
But claims Arsenal no longer work "independently" in the transfer market.
"Last summer there were leadership changes at Arsenal," Mislintat told 11Freunde via Arseblog.
"It had actually been agreed that I would become technical director, so then I would be around the team on a daily basis.
"But the new leadership had their own agenda and other candidates. On top of that, we had different approaches.
"Previously we had a strong systematic approach to transfers, a mixture of watching things live as well as quality data and video analysis, Arsenal actually owns their own data company.
"That meant that we acted independently, we knew about all markets and players in all positions that came into question.
"However, the new leadership work more strongly with what they are offered from clubs or agents through their own networks."
