London, Apr 11 (AP) Tottenham said Friday it will hire former Arsenal CEO Vinai Venkateshem as chief executive in a surprising move between the north London soccer rivals. Venkateshem will join Tottenham in the offseason, the club said in a statement, one year after he ended a 14-year spell at Arsenal, including four as CEO. Also Read | Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans Head to Head in PSL: Check KK vs MS H2H Stats Ahead of Pakistan Super League 2025 Clash. The move reunites Venkateshem with Tottenham executive chairman Daniel Levy after they were colleagues at the European Club Association. They were elected together in 2021 to the executive board of the clubs' group which has huge influence at UEFA, shaping the commercial and sporting strategy of the Champions League. Venkateshem will join Tottenham after a troubled season for the club, which sits 14th in the 20-team Premier League despite having what is widely seen as the best stadium in England and one of its most lucrative. It hosts NFL games each season. Also Read | CSK 59/3 in 9.4 Overs | CSK vs KKR Live Score Updates of IPL 2025: Varun Chakaravarthy Accounts for Vijay Shankar. Tottenham's last realistic chance of qualifying for a UEFA competition with under-fire coach Ange Postecoglou is by winning the Europa League in order to enter the Champions League. Arsenal is set to be runner-up in the Premier League for the third straight year and on Tuesday beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the Champions League quarterfinals that was perhaps its best European performance for nearly 20 years. Both rivals have reached one Champions League final, with Tottenham losing in 2019 to Liverpool and Arsenal losing in 2006 to Barcelona. (AP) AM (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)