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Arsenal defend Gazidis salary

Arsenal have defended the huge £2.65million salary and £1m bonus paid to their CEO Ivan Gazidis.

The club’s supporters had demanded to know why he was being rewarded despite the Gunners failure to win a trophy last season.

But Gazidis was backed by chairman Sir Chips Keswick at Monday’s AGM.

He said: ““Ivan is doing a first class job in leading the club. We are very fortunate to have him as a CEO.”

Gazidis himself said Arsenal “are now beginning to compete on wages with some of those clubs around us”.

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