Well good morning, I’m suffering from WAKE UP EARLY issues at the minute, so I thought I’d bang out ANOTHER post for you because I am on a streak.
Arsenal has offered the role of technical director to Invincible, Eduardo César Daude Gaspar. I’d heard rumblings we were doing a deal, but my info was that the offer hadn’t been accepted yet, though the club were confident he’d do so.
So what to make of this hire… at the second attempt?
In short, it’s a real, ‘who the fuck knows’ moment.
His experience sits outside of the Premier League and outside of Europe. He’s currently the technical director of Brazil, and I’m not really sure what that entails. Their national team hasn’t exactly been a box of dreams over the past 5 years, and even if it had been, how do you affect a nation of players?
I’ll bang through some topline thoughts.
What experience does he have?
He’s 40 years old. He played up until he was 32 years old. He was then given a Director of Football role at Corinthians. He had a good run there, the club won the South American equivalent of the Champions League.
He had a stint as the Iranian assistant coach, who hasn’t, right?
He then took the role at Brazil in 2016. This is where some of his comments started to get me a little excited. As I pointed out in the post earlier this morning, I want someone to come to Arsenal that looks at the club from a holistic perspective, capturing the true essence of our being. First and foremost, they need to understand the culture, the heritage and the prestige. If you don’t understand the basics, you can never be a good long term fit.
This is what Edu had to say about taking on the role at Brazil.
‘Tite and I worried about the mentality,’
‘People were thinking about Brazil in a way we didn’t like. When people look at Brazil, they should respect us for our present and for our history. We were missing that. The team were not close enough to the people.
‘With all due respect, I don’t want to be the way English guys are. We are Brazilians. So let’s be Brazilians: friendly, laughing, talking. Some people cannot afford tickets for a game. So sometimes we open up training and let 50,000 people in for free.
‘Before, Brazilian players would not go into a hotel through the main doors. Why? Why do you want to go through the back door? People just want to see us. Now we go through the main doors.
‘A kid breaks through and wants to see his hero. Let him do that. As a player, I tried to be nice to people. Say “hello”, it’s not hard. We are bringing this back.’
Yes, yes and yes.
He is entitled. Brazil is an institution of football, that is how they should be respected and thought of. He’s thinking about the people of Brazil, their socio-economic situation and general perception. He is talking about exciting people, because at the core, that is what football is all about, right? He believes they should be at the top. All these folk that call Arsenal fans spoilt because ‘no one deserves to win trophies’ are not the types that drive things forward. Edu sounds like he understands that.
I hear that he’s an incredibly nice guy, I know that sometimes empathy can be seen as weak in football, but again, I think it’s an important trait. Especially if you’re looking at reengineering the focus around young players. Carlo, one of the great, was always accused of being too nice to his players. This is what Edu had to say on his experience of prime Wenger.
‘I was feeling sad. I lost my sister a week before I arrived. I was not in a good way. But I found a club and manager that worried about me as a person, rather than as a footballer.
‘Every day Arsene Wenger pulled me into his office. He wanted to check I was OK and check how my family were. He cared so much and it made me feel so good. He let my dad watch training. I come to London once a year and always go to see him.’
You might call the above snowflake millenial nonsense, but the reality is, the generation of kids coming through have different expectations. They demand more from the workplace and they expect to be treated well. You have to balance those needs, but someone with a human touch is important.
I also like the fact he’s fully aware of the talent in England and that he has ideas about unlocking it. This was 2017.
‘This is a big generation,’
‘But the Premier League is so rich. You have a fantastic young midfielder in Phil Foden at Manchester City but there are two or three fantastic ones in his position.”
‘So, how can you play? How can you develop these guys? You have good players but to get better, they need to play in the first team. Clubs don’t look to the Under 17 guy because they go to the market.’
Edu will have been in prime position to watch the best young kids from around the world. He’ll have met with the best coaches, seen setups from the major clubs, and had hands on experience with the biggest names to grace the yellow and green of Brazil.
Apparently, when he was at Corinthians, he did visiting tours of all the major European clubs to watch and hear how they did things. This is a guy that is hungry to lean into the experience of others, someone that is open enough to know he doesn’t have all the answers, with an Invincible attitude that means he’s a winner.
Are their worries about his hiring? For sure. He played under Unai Emery for a couple of seasons. That was over ten years ago, but he was operating under his management at Valencia. Will that cloud his judgement when he has to pull the trigger on his contract next year? Possibly. But I’d hope that he’s been around enough big decisions to not be influenced by matters like that.
There’s also the experience question. Going for explayers feels good, but is it always right? He’s being asked the run the operational side of the football at Arsenal. That requires a huge amount of skill and vision for someone that is basically only 8 years into working life. Risks are associated with that.
The big worry is that all his experience is based out of Brazil. However, that can also come as a blessing. Firstly, he knows England and Spain intimately because he spent a lot of time there. Also, something I’ve cried out for over the years is finding someone who can root out gems in markets that aren’t already saturated. We have an advantage here. It’ll be very interesting to see what sort of recruitment head he brings into the club.
Another concern is that the Copa America is in his home country. We literally don’t have a Technical Director until July 7th. That’s a long time to leave Unai and Raul at the wheel. A lot of bad pound notes can be spent in that time.
Everything is a risk, but ultimately, give me Edu over a hack like Monchi. He was yesterday’s man, Edu could be the future. He’s young, he seems of great temprement and hopefully he’s the sort of leader that wants to surround himself with the best people.
Also… how much sauce does the guy have?
Additionally, there can be no doubt whatsover as to the style of football he is going to enforce. He is Brazilian and he played under PEAK Wenger. Arsenal are going to have a clear vision when it comes to style and footballing philosophy.
I was a bit worried when I first heard this rumbling, but in the space of writing an article, I am now absolutely convinced this could be a very, very good move for Arsenal.
Fingers crossed he signs on and we can move on with the second reboot of Arsenal.
DM again
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Well done DM
Cheers groovey
Definitely Edu will need sometime to bed in and study the unique problems we have.
Which tells me that the club isn’t thinking is changing managers. The technical director shouldn’t be appointing managers be as part of his first official acts.
Big fingers crossed, Pedro.
We really need this to work out…
‘Another concern is that the Copa America is in his home country. We literally don’t have a Technical Director until July 7th. That’s a long time to leave Unai and Raul at the wheel. A lot of bad pound notes can be spent in that time.’
Actually it is Edu that has to be left out of the process because he hasn’t studied it enough and needs to catch up. He will have his inputs of course.
1) How the hell are Man City are getting away with spending 200m every year if we can’t buy our way to success? 2) Can Emery Knows Brigade really say we have an identity or are you too afraid to admit Emery’s style is to negate the opposition with clever tactics against even the like of Bournemouth like a small club manager? 3) Why did hr loan Chambers, Nelson, Bielik who have all had goods loans or else even use Denis Suarez which would have helped with depth? 4) How is it Newcastle beat Leicester easily with a relegation side… Read more »
And to all the Wenger haters I’m sure you became a Arsenal fan because of Wenger and not Graham and that’s why you got bitter as Wenger couldn’t repeat his success. He was victim of his own past success. You all loved and worshipped him once. You never watched arsenal under Graham once yet you have the audacity to say he is better than Wenger.
Ryan on fire.
So Edu played under Unai, this clueless man has come a long way and earned the trust of many along the way.
Dissenter I am also not comfortable with Emery and Sanhelli overseeing our transfer business over the summer, because I don’t believe Raul knows what he is doing and I don’t think Emery hasn’t really been entrusted with the buying before entirely.
Edu starting late July is a bad thing
The clearout has to begin
AMN, Iwobi, Nelson, Nketiah, Elneny, Mustafi all players not good enough to leave.
Replaced by Ryan Fraser, Tierney, James Maddinson, Chillwell etc good British players
Emery has ruined our world class players Ozil and Mkhitaryan. Emery the Spanish Mourinho had ruined them.
Emery out.
We need to start protesting against this fraud.
We need to get Eddie Howe in
This is exactly what I’ve been saying. We’ve got so much talent to mine on our own doorstep at a fraction of the cost of your Mustafis. Look at holding as a prime example. You’ve got AMN and bellerin who are both capable first team players and are better than the players we’ve paid fees for and are paying £90k per week in wages
We have to be smart and operate on our own level. This philosophy will allow us to spend our big bucks where it’s really needed on the best players we can get our hands on.
Erik Ten Hag would have us playing Total football. Why do we have to suffer this clowns terrible football?
It is time for mass protests of the Valencia and Burnley game.
I can’t believe the ego of Emery. He actually gave an interview demeaning Arsene in November 2018.
Edu is ex-Arsenal, and that means a lot to me.
My hope is that he takes one look at the squad, and prescribes a dressing-room cleansing.
With no meaningful transfer pot, that is the only progressive way.
Un na nai, CG now Ryan.
This place is now a bee hive of intelligence
Will Edu buy British players? Then he is rubbish as well. Steve Morrow should be given the job.
British players is the reason Ferguson dominanted Wenger
We need to only buy British.
Hard Brexit at Arsenal as well
The disharmony amongst the Arsenal fans is mindblowingly bewildering. Here is a club that has been been grossly mismanaged now for over a decade, by a regime and manager that were clearly not fit for purpose, whilst it’s fanbase sat idly by expecting things to sort themselves out. Turmoil had to be expected, especially when the structure and resources inherited were always going to be questionable and suspect to breakdown at any given time. Arsenal FC became a second tier club once it became clear that our manager and his cronies became only concerned in “participation” and not “competing”. Like… Read more »
Winning 2nd rate EL proves nothing. If Emery really is a man then beat Pep and win the league.
Stan wants the club to pay back the loans with income, so he gets his cash that way. He’s building up assets so he is not interested in the club or the football It means nothing to him until the cash goes down due to falling revenues. The players wages are starving the club of funds, thanks to Mr Wenger and we don’t get past this problem for two more years yet. Stan can inject cash as a loan but he’s not bothered. Edu is just another Latino chancer, telling you want you want to hear. We need strong pragmatic… Read more »
Receding
“I am also not comfortable with Emery and Sanhelli overseeing our transfer business over the summer, because I don’t believe Raul knows what he is doing”
So why is Sanllehi at the club? He was responsible for making the final decisions on transfers and contracts at Barca. If he’s no good at that, and he’s not a finance / accounting guy, what exactly do we need him for?
Ryan
Where have you been the past decade?
The EL is our level and has been for many many years.
Elmo I did not appoint Raul. You will have to ask Ivan why a sacked Barcelona executive is presently overseeing our rise to rival Bayern Munich
So Edu is the new technical director, who is going to be our chief scout?
This Ryan is like a fungi infestation. Wherever you look on the blog he is spouting his gibberish.
As for Edu I’m exited. Agree that him not being here until July is bad but I have written next year off anyway as Emri will still be at the club come mid August.
@Ryan – chill out buddy its only Tuesday. Youre acting like a crazed woman from an Emery 1 night stand when he has read (but not responded) your WhatsApp messages. re Edu – lets see what he can bring. I had hoped for someone with more experience of setting up structures seeing as this is a new position within our club. My concern is that a guy who is relatively ‘raw’ will get a bit lost in the grey areas of Arsenal. That being said, its brilliant to explore someone with a modern approach to football and who understands our… Read more »
“We need to only buy British.”
Welcome to the 19th century.
Emery signings
Lichsteiner Disaster
Torreira Average no better than Ramsey or Xhaka
Guendouzi Below Average
Leno Average no better than Cech
Sokratis Flop poor defender who is a fake hardmen
Denis Suarez absolute disaster
Yes let’s give Emery more money lol.
I have no idea how Edu appointment will turn out but he checks all the right boxes – former Arsenal player who has experience in mgmt, is young and fresh and wants to compete in toughest league in world.
Ryan
What rock did you crawl out from under?
I came to the comments to find some interesting and intelligent titbits……but found ‘Ryan’. Must’ve been a cracking liquid lunch.
Can someone please check if Ryan is ok
Careful Ryan, those signings are supposed to have fired us to a third place finish. All super quality and the envy of all in world football. Klopp would have killed for them in his first season apparently
Graham
I am an Arsene Wenger fan. He is my god and my father. I absolutely love him.
Wenger made us a world class club
Emery has made us a midtable club
I will add if you want a more nuanced take than Pedros bludgeoning and highly partisan podcast, take a look at Arseblog arse cast extra and Arsenal vision podcasts for better takes imo. They both cover arguments for and against Emery in a deep but respectable way, the players accountability as well as addressing the over arching executive decisions made during Gazidis years that have impacted club culture and finances and how that in turn affects our season and future ones as well as those things impacting the coach. Both great listens especially whether you want Emery sacked as I… Read more »
Chrispy
“I came to the comments to find some interesting and intelligent titbits…..but found “Ryan”.
Well, you’re half there. You found the tit.
Arsene Wenger saved Arsenal football club from midtable medicority and made us the best club in the world in 2004.
He should be given knighthood. I love him
He is god for me and Arsenal football club.
Even Chapman doesn’t compare to him.
To have a fraud like Emery conman ruining his work is killing me and I have to speak out.
“I am an Arsene Wenger fan. He is my god and my father. I absolutely love him.
Wenger made us a world class club
Emery has made us a midtable club”
Ryan, you had me laughing for a while, now you’re going full banter mode
I was worried for a while there that CG had managed to replicate himself and we were all doomed to a future of Xenophobic ignorance on an unprecedented level. The last couple of posts has convinced me that we’re safe and Ryan is only trolling. Phew.
My only concern about the Edu hire is that he takes on the day to day position in July after the Copa America and that’s about it. Part of me thinks though that’s not necessarily a problem you see us still being linked with players you see us apparently already having that Martinelli kid nearly signed up and with regards to signings does the technical director have to be there every step of the way? I dunno we could be working off a list he’s forming all the time. Look it could be a risk and it could be well… Read more »
Also David Neres as a possible signing just shot up exponentially
Well said Ryan
you will find folk around here- don’t like the Truth,
(be gentle with them,)
Another insightful post PedRo -muchas gracias.
I am sure- Raul still thinks he is at Barcelona,
recruiting Emery
recruiting Suarez
recruiting Edu
Letting go all British players( young and experienced).
he needs a hefty reminder – he is overseeing Arsenal now- who happen to play in the very competitive, physical- badly officiated , tribal and intense premier league ….it is nothing like La liga
Under his regime- we are doomed to fail.
he needs to go- and Quick!
It’s been shocking to see how our squad has tapered off over the course of the season, this needs to be addressed asap. But to say we haven’t improved this season would not be fair on Emery. We could still reach our objective this season, for a coach playing in a new league in his first season is not half bad.
Having said that, if we don’t flog off Elneny and Mustafi this summer, the gaffer isn’t doing himself any favors
Ryan seriously you should see a therapist.
Ryan
Agreed, Wenger helped make us a world class club but, then again, he helped to turn us into a laughing stock.
He became the ultimate fraud.
Edu is a proper footballing man and is a Corinthians boy.
Corinthians biggest club in Brazil. And he oversaw some good things there.
And of course the past Arsenal connection.
Well done Arsenal on this appointment.
Also Edu as technical director I bet my left nut Vieira isn’t far off the managers job
Doesn’t matter with Edu coming by mid July, as deals are mostly done at the back end of the window in any case
City not wasting time have Bruno Fernandes lined up and possibly Joao Felix too.
Marko an old boys club? U seem convinced Vieira will be an elite manager, I’m not.
Ryan having a breakdown bless him
If Edu is a good hire, then it means Raul knows what he is doing which makes this bit
Another concern is that the Copa America is in his home country. We literally don’t have a Technical Director until July 7th. That’s a long time to leave Unai and Raul at the wheel. A lot of bad pound notes can be spent in that time.
moot.
Un na
” You’ve got AMN and bellerin who are both capable first team players and are better than the players we’ve paid fees for and are paying £90k per week in wages”
You don’t know Bellerin earns more that 100k weekly?
Yea, you just know that Vierra will replace Emery in 2020
That seems pre-ordained, like we said…Emery is a transition manager.
Hope Edu spends next season ditching all the expensive Wenger-bots one after the other.
“Also David Neres as a possible signing just shot up exponentially”
sorry
Edu’s job is to find that new David Neres before anyone else. Why pay an arm and leg to Ajax?
Ishola “”””Edu is a proper footballing man and is a Corinthians boy.Corinthians biggest club in Brazil. And he oversaw some good things there.And of course the past Arsenal connection.””” One would imagine- these are the exact words Raul will be spouting to Josh K. Its platitudes. Edu – is a great guy- and was a fabulous player. But only at Arsenal 2019- do we continually appoint me so haphazardly. Gazidas chooses Raul- who chooses Emery Gazidas leaves. Raul promoted – appoints Edu. ( AFTER BEING REJECTED!!!) Anyone who rejects you the first time- and then takes that position – never… Read more »
No idea what the reality is gonna be like, but I have to say that I share Pedro’s enthusiasm for Edu. Intelligent, cultured guy, who’s taken steps to learn from structures and practices across Europe. Brazilian, looking to put in place attractive football. Decent, varied, post player career trajectory. Good knowledge of South American and European/British players. Deep links with Arsenal, Arsène and Unai. Other than the late timing of him coming on board, it all sounds very positive to me. Everybody talks about early-era Wenger and the Invincibles, but in the straightened financial circumstances of the early Emirates era,… Read more »
Receding never said elite and also define elite managers in this day and age? You have like two or three top managers in the world and that’s it everyone else ranges from good to average. I’m just thinking logically that Vieira will have a shot at being Arsenal manager in the future because of the career path that he’s taking. Done well in his first job went to Europe is doing a good job at Nice and being linked with the Lyon job. It’s much in the same way that Nagelsmann continues to go about the job in a progressive… Read more »
Also no elite manager is taking the Arsenal job. At best we can hope for is a good manager with time to improve or an up and coming manager like Vieira or Nagelsmann with time to improve. Notice I don’t mention Arteta cause he’s not a manager
Anyone that doesn’t think Vierra is doing a good job in his first real job isn’t worth a listen
The NYC FC job that Vierra managed well has gone to pieces since he left. Guardiola put one his former assistants there, Domènec Torrent who is stinking it out.
Edu’s job is to find that new David Neres before anyone else. Why pay an arm and leg to Ajax?
Because that’s what ambitious clubs do they buy talented players as well as up and coming players (Martinelli?). We need to improve yeah and we need to improve now and in the future and we’re not going to improve a jot right now with the same players or with young prospects. We can do both it’s not one or the other
Marko, I’m so glad you have dictated the rules for hiring a new manager. Bet Edu is blowing up your phone as we speak!
CG
Post 2008 history, not just “Arsenal 2019”
Just to let you know, the real “clowns” have now left.
Ryan, Wenger is trying to get the Newcastle job . You’ll be reunited!
When we say that players win games and often lose them too
Yesterday, Guardiola admitted that he was yelling at Vincent Kompany not to take that shot…he decided otherwise and the rest is history.
Same as how Mustafi/Xhaka can be coached by Conte from now till the beginning of time and can still remain shite.
City have Kompany and David Silva as some of their longest serving payers
We have Kosh and Ozil
…enough said.
“Wenger is trying to get the Newcastle job”
If this is true, it’s as tragic as it is hilarious! Buy Newcastle relegation next season.
Dissenter
Arteta is the genius, he told Kompany to take that shot.
Sven Mislintat is the better option
““Wenger is trying to get the Newcastle job”
A bus company is going to make a fortune on the new Islington to Newcastle upon Tyne direct coach service.
I can imagine the likes of Pierre will be making that long trip weekly during the football season.
Expect more South Americans in the team
Yes!
We need that samba and flair
We are far too boring
Plus most of the players can beat their man dribbling and some are dribbling wizards
Dissenter, Pep G coached Fabian Delph into a left back that played in the greatest ever Premier League side. A total journeyman.
… so sure, some players might not react well to certain methods of coaching, but the best coaches tend to get the best from players.
Conte won the league with 93 points. Pretty sure he’d be doing a better job from a defensive perspective right now.
Marko, I’m so glad you have dictated the rules for hiring a new manager. Bet Edu is blowing up your phone as we speak! Man if I was that snarky I’d be in moderation right now. You don’t like enthusiasm for the new TD? Oh it’s the comment on how unlikely it is that you’ll see a non manager get the Arsenal job over someone actually managing and proving themselves. It’s basic common sense my good man Vieira and Nagelsmann will be in with a shout of being managers at top clubs because they’re progressing and improving as managers right… Read more »
Azed, say what you will my friend, Arteta will likely have another Premier League title and he’s there, on the touchline, with Pep all the way.
Sven Mislintat is the better option
I’m not so sure about that anymore. I wish he’d be given more time but in hindsight it’s not the worst decision in the world to not give him the TD job. Mhiki, Sokratis and Lichtsteiner are bad signings. 125 million spent and no real improvement is not good. And with all the jobs available in Europe only struggling Stuttgart took a chance on him.
Man City is the only club in the world where the 3rd assistant gets so much credit, strange when they also spend the most money and have the manager most feel is the best in the world. Must be some magic cones he puts out…
“, Arteta will likely have another Premier League title and he’s there, on the touchline, with Pep all the way.”
Pedro
Pat Rice also has three Premier League titles, he must have some of that mysterious special sauce.
Arteta will likely have another Premier League title and he’s there, on the touchline, with Pep all the way. These types of comments give you a peak inside the mind of Pedro and why he’s been the way he’s been all season long. Transparent as fuck clear as day he didn’t get what he wanted last summer and hasn’t been able to let go ever since. Completely disregarding that whoever took over from Arsene Wenger needed time and investment to fix this mess but no he only has time for Mikel. I’m not sure how much credit one can give… Read more »
Hard to say what ticking behind the scenes with the new king maker Raul. Mislintat leaves just as he’s beginning under murky circumstance, we apparently lost in attempts to get Edu on round one as replacement then Monchi fails and now it seems Raul’s clearly sweetened the package getting his initial man. All we can do is hope the selection is the right one based on whats at stake. Edu is walking into what is likely one of the clubs most important windows in some time. Setting the tone for next 5 years, coming from working another continents market. Safe… Read more »
I come from a generation that doesn’t readily know what the role of a TD is. Presumably, he (or she ) outranks the coach and tells him what players he has to choose the team from, after taking advice on what the coach’s strategy is? The TD is also responsible for the youth set up, I guess. Have I got this right?
” so sure, some players might not react well to certain methods of coaching, but the best coaches tend to get the best from players.”
How come Pep let Sagna, Kolarov, Zabaleta and co go? He’s special coaching magic didn’t work on them or they were past it?
Why did Pep have to buy Ederson a year after buying Bravo?
How come Pep couldn’t improve Mangala?
Why has Pep spent £233.1m on defence alone?
A bit of idle futurology (season 20/21) After Emery completes his second season as interim manager, we finish 6th on the last day of the season after Arsenal loses at home against Norwich on the last day of the season in the last minute after a Mustafi own goal) and he is sacked by Edu and Raul. A two man committe considers candidates for the Head Coach job. Plenty of big names (Zidane, after being sacked by RM, Allegri, Conte) are rumoured in the press to be after the job. However, after the club announces that the transfer “war chest”… Read more »
Mislintat leaves just as he’s beginning under murky circumstance, we apparently lost in attempts to get Edu on round one as replacement then Monchi fails and now it seems Raul’s clearly sweetened the package getting his initial man. This is all just speculative. Nothing murky about Sven leaving at all. He was promised the TD position by Ivan he left and then Raul didn’t give him the job which in hindsight isn’t a bad decision given how much money he spent and how some of the signings have worked out. Plus you have to factor in we’re trying to get… Read more »
Just viewed The Edu video clip. Absolute recipe for chaos. Does he tell Freddie L team how to play? Or Per Mertesacker youngsters? Or Emery – who he has to sell? Or Buy? talk about too many cooks spoiling the broth. Why do we complicate EVERYTHING and not just replicate successful clubs. Spurs/Leicester City, they have British executives who instinctively know how to run the footballing operation behind the scenes. the Edu Hire by Raul is – for The Kroenkes benefit only. To illustrate to his bosses- he knows what he is doing. So transparent. What other club in England… Read more »
Freddie Ljungberg is getting good reviews I’m hearing
azed
I was going to reply Pedro’s ;last comment about ” so sure, some players might not react well to certain methods of coaching, but the best coaches tend to get the best from players.”
Then I saw you reply, well cooked to satisfaction
I mean why do clubs do a clear-out when players can be coached.
CG
You’re reverting back to your nationalistic-driven drivel
God may save the queen but you just need to just get some help…and that Islington-Newcastle bus ticket should Wenger get the Newcastle job.
Why should we retain Emery when we can get too managers like Conte, Jose, Allegri, Tuchel as manager?
Can anyone answer that?
Alex J
“”””I come from a generation that doesn’t readily know what the role of a TD is. Presumably, he (or she ) outranks the coach and tells him what players he has to choose the team from, after taking advice on what the coach’s strategy is? The TD is also responsible for the youth set up, I guess. Have I got this right?”””
Same here Alex
i would love to know how a TD can operate -if he has inherited an incumbent manager?
A typical hubristic hire by Raul.
(one of lifes conmen )
Interesting comments by Edu:
“Unai Emery? I know him well. He is a very average manager, and clearly hasn’t improved Arsenal at all. In Spain, he is known as USB Curbishley.”
Why do we complicate EVERYTHING and not just replicate successful clubs.
Spurs/Leicester City,
Leicester have a sporting director who overlooks the signings and Spurs I believe are looking for one too. By replicate you mean go British. Yeah not important
CG
I agree mate. It’s sad to see a British players being not given chances by the clown Emery.
We could have spent last summer singing good British players instead of shit players Emery bought.
Emery is against British players. He let go of Wilshire, Ramsey, Chambers all British lads who gave their hearts to Arsenal.
The Spanish invasion will destroy us.
He will not sign the likes of Frasers be will sign more Suarezs.
Gsmbon
Didn’t he get sacked at Sporting and PSG?
So not even average a terrible manager.
Marko
What is this sporting director nonsense? Just sign good British players in the league. That’s what Ferguson did.
Scary that back in the day Edu wasn’t good enough for the first team. Not because he wasn’t a really good player but because of the quality that was ahead of him in the queue.
Edu would walk into our midfield today but back then he had to settle for a role on the bench.
Legrove deserves the duo of Ryan and CG
It’s just what the doctor ordered for worm infestation