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Arsenal drop scouting bombshell as 10 contracts terminated amid cutbacks

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Arsenal are terminating the contracts of their youth scouting network because of financial cutbacks. Ten part time scouts who helped discover the likes of Bukayo Saka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith-Rowe and Joe Willock were given the bombshell news on Thursday.

The scouts - who are paid up to £800-a-month on a retainer plus expenses - have been told their contracts will finish on June 30.

It highlights the crisis facing football on the back of the coronavirus crisis but there is genuine shock that a club the size of Arsenal has had to take this action.

A source told Mirror Sport: “These guys are among the best youth scouts in the country, have brought through the best kids and Arsenal have a reputation as one of the

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