Coombs Sami was the first scoop to leak this when no one else even knew about Edu is leaving.

I don't think he is fed by the club.

      Clrnc so is Edu his source? Either way, this makes everyone look good, so of course it's the story.

        Gyökeres making everyone look like fucking morons, though.

        I had it right: primarily a career move for Edu and nothing much to do with internal conflict at Arsenal. Made sense to me because that's how Edu got to Arsenal as well.

        lorddulaarsenal nor am I really. The only concern is the timing given we're getting close to January and likely already working on summer transfer plans. The groundwork for both is hopefully already laid but wouldn't want Edu leaving at this point in the season ideally given it risks undermining those deals.

          His managerial appointments has been disastrous.

          Signings wise he made a few interesting ones for a mid table club.

          Rosicky is interesting. Since going back to Sparta he has utterly transformed the club and they are even competitive in UCL now after going on a winless run of no trophies previously. He always seem extremely intelligent.

            Clrnc yeah, wouldn't mind Rosicky as it sounds like he's been doing a great job at Sparta.

            Would be interesting if Mertesacker was picked. Imagine it would indicate a distinct change in regards to recruitment.

              Digging more into Tim Steiden

              17-19 he was DOF at Werder, made 0 interesting signings and mostly flops

              19-22 he was head of Scouting at Bayer, discovered Ezequiel Palacios for 21m, Moussa Diaby for 15m, Tapsoba for 18m (real find), Schick for 26m, Frimpong 11m, Hincapie 6.3m, Adli 15m... etc. Many good signings that's still there and key for Bayer.

              Went to West Ham, tried to turn them continental by going for a Spanish coach, making a lot of foreign signings instead of british ones (Kudus, Alvarez, Mavropanos, Luis Guilherme, Fulkrug, Guido Rodriguez, Todibo, Carlos Soler) etc...

              Mixed bag

                Of all the what ifs people like to post, I wonder if we ever had a chance with Cole Palmer. Arteta would’ve known about him. Last two seasons with this guy…