A bitter Edu...

[arsenal98]

http://itv.football365.com/Teams/Arsena ... 2741.shtml

Maybe the club should actually learn something from this and also maybe we could persuade him with a last ditch offer...Plain to see with his return to the team, like with Gil´s injury, that we really missed the experience and skill of Edu while he was out.

 

[kevin earley]

leaving it until the last minite has cost us 6 million and a dam good player, nice one wenger

 

[burnsjed]

losing players to the free transfer is becoming a bad habit

 

[RocktheCasbah]

I think Edu's card was marked the minute he started f'cking us around last summer and Brazil became more important to him than the club that pays his wages.

 

[JGooner]

God, I'm going to miss this guy. He makes Flamini look like a headless chicken. So much class and composure. I don't what it was about our initial negotiations that upset him, but we're going to regret it if we have injury problems in central midfield next.

 

[patrick42uk]

so it wasnt about wages but now it is? and what prevents him from accepting our offer now? bye bye edu.

 

[RocktheCasbah]

so it wasnt about wages but now it is? and what prevents him from accepting our offer now? bye bye edu.

Exactly, it's not like we only just offered him a contract.

I won't miss this grinning mercenary one little bit.

 

[Ratinho]

losing players to the free transfer is becoming a bad habit

Yep. Edu, and....erm....help?

He dind't want to stay, because if he did, he would have.

 

[RocktheCasbah]

Wiltord, Kanu and (I think) Parlour...

 

[informed1]

Wiltord, Kanu and (I think) Parlour...

I thought it was wiltord, keown and kanu....someone went for £500,000 I think or was that Kanu...jeez dont remember I am getting old.

However I think Edus head was turned at some point and it was inevitable that he would leave unless he was gauranteed regular starts as well as a pay rise. I dont think we would have given him what he wants even if they make a last ditch attempt.

 

[Aussie]

Edu dont push it to far mate.

Your lucky with the send off you got.

If you wanted to stay at Arsenal you wouldnt have made stupid wage demands that you did.

 

[JGooner]

Where in that interview does Edu mention wages? All he says is that club talked to him in a different way, which is more likely to hint at a lack of urgency to give him a new deal (which would conform to Bergkamp's criticisms of the club in recent weeks) or to indicate clearly where he would be in the midfield pecking order than it does to anything about money.

Oneteaminlondon - you will be missing this "grinning little mercenary" if we have a midfield injury crisis next season and Flamini ends up having to play 10 straight games in the first team. Flamini runs around a lot but he lacks Edu's physical presence and has the distributional capacity of a bazooka.

 

[kel varnsen]

Edu dont push it to far mate.

Your lucky with the send off you got.

If you wanted to stay at Arsenal you wouldnt have made stupid wage demands that you did.

shut it. you don't know the specifics of the negotiations...

 

[patrick42uk]

one way or another i feel money played a part. if it wasnt when negotiations first started with edu not feeling enough 'love' (as mourinho aptly put it referring to the extra dollars cudicini will be getting to stay), then it will be now when he has admitted the club's stance has changed but his will not. surprising considering he loved the club so much so why cant he forgive a little transgression? he's obviously been offered enough money somewhere else that has turned his head. and if its a top club, its clear arsenal's top limit for a squad player, which is what i assume he was offered now, wont match that.

 

[_scorpion_]

No doubt we will miss him...

I do think our club has probelms when it comes to negotiating with players....that cannot be denied, I mean look at how we stalled on Lauren for instance.

I always had the impression that it was originally about money....but later became about pride. I think Edu wanted to stay but was probably too upset with how he was originally handled.....

I agree with JGonner in that we will miss his physical presence, but Gilberto is better at the 'mop up work'.

The thing I liked about Edu is that he could play the attacking Vieria role when needed and offer us more size than young Cesc.

 

[satan_beckham]

onviously arsenal haf some problems regarding extension of deals of players...bergkamp and edu already voice out the fustrations, wiltord already left!! Campbell at 30 plus now ,will he be subjected to that only extend 1 year deal which the club haf for 30+ players? if so, campbell is likely to leave soon too....Pires another problem....

 

[patrick42uk]

perhaps the club is fairly prudent in terms of contract negotiations, but consdering our size, its understandable. look at the size of the stadium for instance. big wages is something we cannot afford to do, not if we want to maintain the stability that is the hallmark of this club. the problem is that as the players we sign, origninally unknown and unpopular, improve their status by riding off the success of a club punching way above its weight, their wage demands start to change. sometimes the players become big enough and important enough to this club that we do meet these demands e.g. henry and vieira. but unfortunately, we will have to make do without others. its a sad fact but the club moves on. i'd only be worried about this if i felt wenger was unhappy about the prudency. but i think he actively encourages and his transfer policy is geared to dealing with it.

 

[Aussie]

Edu dont push it to far mate.

Your lucky with the send off you got.

If you wanted to stay at Arsenal you wouldnt have made stupid wage demands that you did.

shut it. you don't know the specifics of the negotiations...

Im sorry but if Edu really wanted to stay at Arsenal he would have made reasonable wage demands and from all reports he didnt, we cant afford to pay him want he wants so he leaves. Its just the way it is.

He is a very good player. Never would have been a regular starter for Arsenal however and clearly thats what he wants along with a bigger pay day.

 

[bittersmile]

what's difference between now and one year agao? The only one is he is free to go now and this will earn him a lot of money. He just wants to hide this and find other excuse.

 

[Biggus]

Hmmm Edu is pure class.....Hes never had a real long run in the team......I would have liked to have seen him and Gilberto together in midfield......when Vieira was going on with all his crap......guess we'll never know now :|