I hope it isn’t cash

Martin Keown would not perceive exit of Arsenal sporting director Edu. (Footage by TNT Sports activities)

Arsenal legend Martin Keown has admitted that he has discovered it “onerous to fathom” why Edu left his function as sporting director this week after some very profitable years with the North London membership. 

The Brazilian has been a key man within the Gunners’ rise again to the highest of the Premier League after forming a superb partnership with Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta in latest seasons. The 46-year-old introduced a number of of Arsenal’s present greatest stars to the membership with two of essentially the most profitable being Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice.

Talking on TNT Sports activities about Edu’s shock exit from the Emirates Stadium, Keown has admitted that he doesn’t perceive why the Brazilian has left the Premier League giants and hopes the sporting director has not left his former membership for cash.

“It’s onerous to fathom,” the pundit mentioned on TNT Sports activities. “I might by no means stroll away from that job. It needs to be the right job in soccer. I hope it isn’t cash he has left for. He was beloved on the membership and was doing a tremendous job.”

Edu has left Arsenal. (Photograph by Justin Setterfield/Getty Photos)

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Follwing the information of Edu’s exit from Arsenal, The Impartial reported that Edu seems to be set to hitch up with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis and his community of golf equipment.

The Brazilian has been in talks with the Marinakis group and will now lead their recruitment to help with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Greek membership Olympiacos, in addition to Portuguese facet Rio Ave.

The report states that Edu had ambitions to turn out to be CEO at Arsenal, a place the Marinakis group is keen to satisfy, whereas additionally bettering his wages by greater than 3 times that of his present wage on the Emirates.

It stays unclear the precise purpose why the 46-year-old has left the North London outfit nevertheless it might disappoint followers of the membership if it was for cash.

Unfinished enterprise? ?@martinkeown5 and @rioferdy5 talk about Edu’s “disappointing” departure from Arsenal ?

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