Edu, the head of Arsenal Football Club, has put blame on the club’s aging superstars for the woes of the club over the years.
Several well-known football professionals, including Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, had their contracts paid up by Arsenal so they could leave.
(Players who are 26 or older, make good money, and don’t perform are killing you,) Edu said.
There was no chance anyone would buy them in the past because 80% of the squad possessed those qualities.
Additionally, Shkodran Mustafi, Sead Kolasinac, and Sokratis were paid off by the Arsenal management to leave.
They don’t have a transfer value and are content with a lengthy contract to live in London, according to technical director Edu.
We, therefore, needed to clean the squad, and even if we had to pay some of them to leave, I saw that as an investment.
It’s preferable to this than having them stand in another player’s way. If a player is paid well and excels, it is not a problem.
I realize it’s odd to approach the board and advise them that sometimes it’s preferable to pay a player to leave rather than keep them.
I acknowledge how painful and expensive it may be, but the issue must be addressed.
