• German to augment coaching staff in general role with first team • Former goalkeeper returns to club for third time after two playing stints

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The former goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is to join Arsenal as a first-team coach. The German will return to the club for a third time, following two stints as a player, as Arsène Wenger tinkers with his backroom staff.

Gerry Peyton is the Arsenal goalkeeping coach, with Lehmann set to augment the coaching staff in a general role with the first team.

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Lehmann, 47, joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in July 2003 and made 200 first-team appearances for the Gunners. He was a member of the Invincibles team which went through the 2003-04 season unbeaten, the last time Arsenal won the Premier League title.

He left the Gunners at the end of the 2007-08 season but returned for a three-month spell in March 2011 as injury cover for Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone – making one further appearance.