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Technical Director Edu may be the man to pay the price for Arsenal’s terrible start to the season.
At the heart of the issue has been his ability -or otherwise – to manage outgoings as well as arrivals at the club, with his perceived closeness to certain agents raising eyebrows in some quarters.
Since became the first man to hold the position at the club, over £300 million has been spent on new players, but only £80 million of that has been recouped in sales.
Instead, there have been several instances when players have effectively been paid to leave the club.
A case in point is Brazilian winger, Willian, who was given a three year deal on £220,000 a week at the start of the last season, but now looks set to leave before the transfer window shuts.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.