Raul Sanllehi won't get his feet under a desk at Arsenal until well into the New Year.

The Mirror says Sanllehi - who was poached from his role as director of football at Barcelona - is due to start officially on February 1.

It was confirmed last month that Sanllehi will become the new football director.

Transfer fixer Dick Law will continue to oversee developments in the meantime.

But their scouting work will centre on Germany and the market in the Bundesliga which is seen as relatively untapped with new recruitment chief Sven Mislintat knowing the market from his time at Borussia Dortmund.