AFL club Port Adelaide have lost their fitness guru to English Premier League giant Arsenal.
Darren Burgess will see out the season, and implement Port's next pre-season, before moving to England.
Burgess, who has worked with Liverpool and the Socceroos, plans to hand over Port's fitness program in October-November.
"Reaching this decision has been one of the toughest decisions in my professional career", Burgess said in a statement on Monday.
"My family loves the lifestyle of Adelaide ... once you've worked in this environment with so many outstanding people it is very difficult to leave.
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"However the opportunity to return to the English Premier League and work at one of the world's most successful sporting organisations in Arsenal is an opportunity I simply couldn't refuse."
