Mikel Arteta breaks silence on Edu's Arsenal exit after Gunners chief rejected offer to stay

Edu, a erstwhile Gunners midfielder, is acceptable to articulation up with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis and his unchangeable of clubs aft rejecting a woody to enactment astatine the Emirates and enactment alongside Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal volition "have to determination on" aft the unexpected exit of sporting manager Edu.

The Brazilian, a erstwhile Gunners midfielder, is acceptable to articulation up with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis and his unchangeable of clubs after rejecting a woody to enactment astatine the Emirates and proceed moving alongside Arteta.

The brace person been important to the Gunners' advancement successful caller seasons arsenic they person developed and nurtured a squad which has challenged for the Premier League title, and Arteta admits that helium is bittersweet that their moving narration is coming to an end.

"Everything happened precise quickly," said Arteta anterior to Arsenal's Champions League clash with Inter Milan astatine the San Siro connected Wednesday.

"I loved moving with him, one truly enjoyed being alongside him successful this unthinkable journey. I’m precise grateful for everything he’s done for maine and the shot club.

"I deliberation we some had this peculiar chemistry moving together. I’m precise blessed that he’s been portion of my beingness managing this club.

"He’s had an astonishing accidental present to bash thing other successful a antithetic role. He feels that’s champion for him. We person to respect that. From that bottommost of my bosom I privation the champion for him."

Edu joined the Gunners arsenic the club's archetypal method manager successful 2019 earlier rising to the relation of sporting manager successful 2022. But contempt his exit Arteta is assured that the Gunners won't spell disconnected the rails.

"The program and imaginativeness that starts with ownership is going to continue," helium said. "We person a precise beardown enactment squad and we’re not going to halt close now.

"The passionateness to fulfil this travel is not going to stop. That means opportunities for idiosyncratic else. We accidental convey you and we person to determination on."

Arteta has skipper Martin Odegaard backmost successful his squad for the travel to Milan aft recovering from an ankle wounded and admitted helium could diagnostic astatine the San Siro.

"The affirmative quality is Martin, it’s large to person him back," helium said. "He trained with america for the archetypal clip today. He’s a spot earlier than expected. But it’s large to person him present and we volition determine if we usage him tomorrow."

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