Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is
not opposed to the role of 'director of football' within clubs but
has stressed there should be clarity over who specifically deals
with player recruitment.
The position has been called into question in the wake of Alan
Curbishley and Kevin Keegan's managerial departures at West Ham
United and Newcastle United respectively.
Curbishley and Keegan both left their positions after conflicts
over the buying and selling of players, and Wenger has expressed
his relief that he and the Arsenal board work coherently at
Emirates Stadium.
The Frenchman told the club's official website: "In
life everyone is free to work as you want to work.
"If I go into a job and someone says to me that you have a
director of football who buys and sells the players, I accept or
don't accept it.
"If I accept it, I cannot complain. I would personally not
accept that but I can understand as well that some people don't
want to deal with that and they feel comfortable getting the most
out of the players they have because they have come from a
different country.
"There's no problem with directors of football so long as you
have a very good one. I feel myself and the board are on the same
wavelength in that regard."