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Transfers
Edu’s Arsenal influence highlighted again as Gunners strike two late deadline day signings
Arsenal enjoyed a productive end to the summer transfer window as Edu managed to pull off two incoming deals on deadline day.
The Gunne🥀rs went into 💟deadline day only really expecting to get one deal done.
Aaron Ramsdale completed a move to Southampton in search of first-team football, leaving Arsenal to go for ꦿanother goalkeeper.
In came Neto from Bournemouth as Arsenal struck a loan deal until the enꦗ𝓡d of the season for the 35-year-old stopper.
That seemed to be the end of the business but Arsenal had one more deal to compleꦇte.
Winger Raheem Sterling completed a last-gasp loan move from Che🍌lsea, reဣuniting with his former Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta in the process.
Edu key to Neto deal
Arteta is the face of this Arsenal project and he has done an incredi💙ble job to push the Gunners into title contention.
The man behind the masterplan though is Edu Gaspar🎃 with the Brazilian continuing to work wonders in theꦉ transfer market.
Edu’s first deadline day signing was goalkeeper Neto, a player who has 🌠been on Arsenal’s radar for many years now.
The veteran goalkeeper is in from Bournemouth to support David Raya and Edu’s influen♏ce has been highlighte🔴d.
claim that Edu has a ‘close relationship’ with Neto’s representatives, B🅘ertolucci Sports.
Key agent Giuliano Bertolucci is a fellow Brazilian and Edu seems to have 🐷formed a strong bond with his compatriot.
That may not soun𒁏d like groundbreaking stuff but the relationships with agents are absolutely vital.
Yes, scouting and data analysis are important too but▨ Jamie Carragher has already highlighted how agent relationships are key.
earlier this year that he spoke to Liverpool’s former transfer chief ඣMichael Edwards, who has since returned to the Fenway Sport🐻s Group.
Carragher admitted expecting to leaꦏrn so much about Liverpool’s recruitment process, but Edwards noted that agent relationships were the ‘massive’ factor n✱ow.
“I went to see him (Edwards) once because I wanted a bit more information. It wasn’t🐬 for me to co🦩me out and speak about, but obviously this is years later,” said Carragher, as quoted by .
“I’m expecting some real big insight about how many scouts they’ve got, how they watch them, how they see different things. And he just said: ‘The biggest thing for us about 💦getting the players that we want is relationships with agents’.
“I was expecting more than that but he was a bit like ‘It’s massive basically’. You see like agents fees, don’t you, at the end of every season. I’m noಌt saying it’꧒s just about the money but he was saying about having good relationships with their agents,” he added.
Edu seemingly follows a similar train of tho𒊎ught and used those agent connections to secure Neto on deadline day.
Arsenal have one of the best in Edu
Ed🀅u’s reputation with agents appears to be strong.
“Edu at Arsenal, for example, is really well thought of among most of the agencies and agents in the world, he’s very well-c✨onnected,” said David Ornstein on in August.
This isn’t just Bertolucci; it seems that Edu has really struck up a great connection with multiple agentജs around the world, helping Arsenal enormously in the transfer market.
Edu’s approach has been outstanding; Arsenal have invested in young talents but haven’t been afraid to go and sign more experienced players or those who don’t have huge ‘resale value’𓆏.
Jorginho, Leandro Trossard, Neꦕto, Raheem Sterli𒀰ng… all of these players have been tried and tested in the Premier League before joining Arsenal.
The Gunners have a great mix in terms of youth and experienc♍e whilst Edu will certainly back his scouting eye alongside his reputation with major agents in the game.
One more story about Edu emerg👍ed around d🐼eadline day.
The Arsenal chief was supposed to be in Monaco for the Champions League draw but cancelled his pla𒀰ns in order to force Arsenal deals over the 🎃line.
Maybe Edu could have worked on deals in Monaco, maybe he could have delegated to those 💛around him until he returned.
Instead, Edu was completely hands-on in🌠 terms of getting late business done and Arsenal have now landed two experienced performers onᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ loan with no long-term commitments.
Maybe Arsenal are ꦺstill lacking depth in some position🎀s but this was another positive window for Arsenal and one which finished with a flourish thanks to Edu.