Edu’s departure from Arsenal is still not official, but it already looks like the Brazilian, primarily responsible for restoring the Gunners to a Premier League force in recent seasons, will be heading straight to another job and not going far .
Reports of the former midfielder’s decision to leave his role as sporting director at Arsenal emerged early Monday morning. At first it wasn’t known why or where it might end up, but it soon became apparent as well.
Several reports say Edu will link up with Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, who also counts Greek giants Olympiacos and Portugal’s Rio Ave among his clubs.
It is recommended that Edu initially have a group-wide recruitment oversight role. But The Independent he specifically notes that he had an ambition to become Arsenal’s chief executive, which the Marinakis Group is “willing to meet”, as well as more than tripling his current salary at Arsenal.
The 46-year-old retired from his own playing career in his thirties, but quickly moved on to become director of football with Brazil’s Corinthians. He later became Brazil national team coordinator and joined Arsenal, where he had spent four seasons as a player, as technical director in 2019. He was promoted to sporting director in 2022.
forestnow the highlight of Marinakis’ stable due to regain their Premier League status in 2022, they have enjoyed a dream start to the season and actually sit a point and two places better than arsenal after five wins and four draws in their first ten league games.
This is Forest’s longest run in the top flight since relegation in 1997. The club’s last major trophies were back-to-back League Cup triumphs in 1989 and 1990, while they won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, all under the direction of legendary manager Brian Clough.
