Arsenal are carrying on with their off-pitch reshuffle even after a title-winning season. Sam Wilson is set to leave the club and join a European team, while the wider review of the medical and performance setup continues. He has been at Arsenal since 2014 and with the first team for the past seven years.
Wilson's exit and the wider review
The key detail is that this is not being framed as a forced exit. Sources say the move is Wilson's decision, and he could have stayed with the Gunners but is leaving for a more senior role elsewhere. BBC Sport reported that Arsenal's lead performance coach is set to join a European team, which fits the pattern of change already under way.
That change has not come from nowhere. Arsenal won the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years last season, finished top of the league, and posted 85 points. They also finished on 24 points in the Champions League phase. Even after that level of success, the club has kept moving. Head of sports medicine Dr Zafar Iqbal has already left, replacement work is under way, and rehabilitation specialist Eneko Angulo is reportedly leaving Real Betis after 12 years following an approach from Arsenal.
The injuries from last season are part of the backdrop, but the club is not treating this as a collapse. It looks more like a strong side trying to tighten the structure around it, which is a sensible reaction after a season that still brought major silverware and deep European progress.
What happens next at Arsenal
Wilson's move takes him away from Arsenal and into a more senior position elsewhere, while the club continues to reshape the performance and medical departments. The next stage is not about a single departure, it is about how many more changes follow from the review already in motion.
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