While his exact role under Arteta hasn’t yet been ironed out, Heinze is joining an esteemed coaching team that also includes the Spaniard’s right-hand man, Albert Stuivenberg, set-piece coach Nicolas Jover, and goalkeeper coach Iñaki Caña.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been looking to add to his backroom staff after assistant coach Carlos Cuesta became Parma’s head coach earlier this summer. Arteta has known Heinze since he was a teenager at Paris Saint-Germain, where the pair played together over a decade ago.

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal have made moves off the pitch, with the Spaniard adding ex-team-mate and a former Man Utd player to his coaching staff.