Arsenal cult hero comes out of retirement to play alongside son, 13, and tells Arteta who to sign to win the title

EX-ARSENAL prima Eduardo da Silva has told brag Mikel Arteta: Sign Dusan Vlahovic this period and you’ll triumph the title.

Arteta is hopeless for a striker successful the January transportation model pursuing Gabriel Jesus’ ACL wounded and Bukayo Saka’s hamstring op.

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The Gunners person been linked with Newcastle hotshot Alexander Isak, RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres, Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Juventus striker Vlahovic.

Arsenal rubric victor Paul Merson claims Arteta should interruption the bank for £150million-rated Isak.

But Eduardo, 41, insists: “I would spell for Vlahovic. The fans privation a superstar signing and the Serbian is the 1 who would get Arsenal implicit the enactment successful the rubric race.”

Seven years ago, Arsenal splashed retired a past nine grounds £60million for Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang successful the 2018 January window.

The Gabon striker’s treble KO’d Chelsea successful the 2020 FA Cup last arsenic Arteta won a trophy successful his archetypal play successful charge.

And Eduardo added: “When the club  signed Aubameyang from  Dortmund helium was already an established  prima successful Germany.

“He scored immoderate important goals for Arsenal and Vlahovic is the aforesaid astatine Juventus.I similar him a batch and his benignant would suit the mode Arsenal play.”

Vlahovic, 24, and 6ft 3in, has scored 53 goals and provided 11 assists successful his 124 Juve games.

Eduardo said: “Mikel has done a large occupation astatine Arsenal. Kai Havertz and Jesus were not superstars astatine Chelsea and Manchester City. But they person some done good for Arsenal.

“Jesus had been successful signifier and was scoring goals truthful the wounded is specified a shame. I privation him a  speedy recovery.”

Croatian Eduardo claims Jesus’ injury could interaction the Gunners successful a akin mode to his fearfulness leg-break successful February 2008.

Then, Arsene Wenger’s broadside were 5 points wide of Manchester United.

But Eduardo suffered a sickening treble leg-break and unfastened dislocation of his near ankle pursuing a “brutal” tackle from Birmingham defender Martin Taylor.

A precocious punishment talented the Blues a 2-2 gully that time and Arsenal past won conscionable 1 of their adjacent 7 Prem games to manus United the title.

Eduardo added: “Mine was a terrifying wounded connected TV, but the betterment clip for maine and Gabby is astir the aforesaid - a year.

“I can’t accidental if my wounded outgo america the rubric that year, but galore fans I person spoken to judge it did.

Eduardo backmost from retirement

“Juventus bought Vlahovic for £66m. I don’t cognize however overmuch helium would outgo successful January, but I would emotion to spot him successful an Arsenal shirt. He could marque the difference.”

Eduardo volition beryllium a VIP impermanent astatine the Emirates for Wednesday’s Champions League necktie against Dinamo Zagreb - who helium besides played for.

He said: “Winning the Premier League is much important than the Champions League due to the fact that it is the toughest league successful the world. But I would truly emotion it if Arsenal could onshore both.”

Before Wednesday, Eduardo volition travel retired of status to play for Kent County League Division Two minnows Gillingham Town against the Royal Engineers to commemorate the 150th day of the Engineers’ 1875 FA Cup triumph.

Brazilian-born Eduardo - an ambassador for the Kent nine - volition play alongside his 13-year-old lad Matheus successful the game.

Eduardo added: “We are some precise excited. My last  crippled arsenic a nonrecreational was successful 2018, successful Poland for Legia Warsaw.

“I’m getting escaped boots from my lad for the crippled due to the fact that helium present wears the aforesaid size arsenic maine and is sponsored by Nike.

“Obviously, my fittingness is not the aforesaid as  erstwhile I played professionally.

“But I americium precise competitive, careless of the modular of crippled and each 1 I’ve played I person ever been focused. So it volition person a akin feeling to erstwhile I played astatine the top.”