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Edu to take up function with Nottingham Forest proprietor after Arsenal departure – reviews

Edu to take up function with Nottingham Forest proprietor after Arsenal departure – reviews

Arsenal sporting director Edu is reportedly set to take up a task with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis after resigning from his function in North London.

The Gunners confirmed the 46-year-old’s shock departure on Monday, with Sky Sports activities reporting that he has agreed a deal in precept for a brand new function with the Greek businessman.

Exact particulars are but to be confirmed and a proper deal remains to be but to be finalised however the brand new function is considered totally different to the sporting director one he has labored at Arsenal since 2019.

Arsenal mentioned in a press release: “Edu has resigned from his place as our sporting director.

“Edu, our former participant and Invincible, re-joined us within the function of technical director in July 2019. He progressed by way of the membership and was promoted to sporting director in November 2022, the place he oversaw males’s, girls’s and academy soccer.

“We thank Edu for the half he has performed in our renewed soccer technique and driving the membership ahead with the values of Arsenal in his coronary heart.”

Membership Assertion: Edu Gaspar

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 4, 2024

Arsenal are mentioned to be shocked and dissatisfied by Edu’s choice after his key function in enhancing the membership’s recruitment since his appointment in 2019, which has seen them rework into title contenders alongside supervisor Mikel Arteta,

However the Brazilian is believed to be in search of a brand new problem elsewhere, with the function he’s set to take up with Marinakis reported to be one which not many soccer golf equipment have labored.

Edu has labored as sporting director or technical director for his whole post-playing profession at Corinthians and with Brazil.

Edu mentioned in Arsenal’s assertion: “Arsenal has given me the chance to work with so many superb individuals and the prospect to be part of one thing so particular within the membership’s historical past. It has been a particular journey and I thank Stan, Josh, Tim and Lord Harris for the help they’ve given me.

“I’ve liked working with so many nice colleagues throughout our males’s, girls’s and academy groups, particularly Mikel, who has develop into an important buddy.

“Now it’s time to pursue a distinct problem. Arsenal will at all times stay in my coronary heart. I want the membership and its supporters solely good issues and all the easiest.”

Marinakis’ group of golf equipment consists of Forest, Olympiacos and Rio Ave, with doubtlessly a fourth membership he’s seeking to purchase in Europe.

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