Why Every Recent Arsenal Signing Is AMAZING

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Arsenal have not got a transfer wrong in many years and while lots of people have helped this Sporting Director Edu Gaspar is a big reason for this. In this video, we got through how he turned arsenal transfer policy around and we go through every signing he has made! Let me know what you think in the comments!
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[@thierryhenry674]

Arsenal signed Pepe 2-3 weeks after Edu has joined Arsenal for his current role. It’s a deal probably not done by Edu.

[@raetekusu1]

Yeah. We typically attribuite it to Raul Sanllehi, especially considering there was absolutely no chance Pepe was worth 73m, and Raul was known for some dodgy deals. He's a large part of the reason why Barcelona are in such dire straits right now, but unlike Arsenal, Barcelona have been scrambling to put short-term bandage solutions on their problems rather than take the painful but necessary austerity measures for a few windows needed to implement a more sustainable model.

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

You know nothing but excuses Who signed Willian and Cedric due to them 'amazingly' sharing the same agent?

[@ShaneJoshua1980]

In fairness Pepe was a Sanhelli signing, thats why he was fired.....i mean left by mutual agreement.

[@jaejae5625]

😂

[@timothyinduli968]

Pepe didn't live up to expectation PERIOD. Any view otherwise is attempting to split hairs. He flattered to deceive, n that was his undoing. The expectation was he'd produce weekly on the right wing, BUT unfortunately he did with the most being sprinklings of brilliance.

[@kidathi]

Pepe was a scandalous signing made by Sanhelli that involved swindling Arsenal in transfer funds by overpaying. This is the reason he was fired.

[@peterschulz96]

​@@timothyinduli968 yeah no one disputed that pepe was underwhelming

[@ryomawashere4032]

@@timothyinduli968 Offensively Pepe is great but problem with Pepe is his defensive actions. Lack willingness to track back, passive head on challenge and show minimum effort for defensive work in training (this training one is a direct quote from source). All of this is a direct breach of Arteta's non-negotiable culture in Arsenal. Pepe is not to blame tho, he was just a great player at the wrong club - Source Athletic and several Arsenal podcasts.

[@yewo-bb8er]

Also, Emery didn't actually want to sign Nicolas Pepe initially. His preferred option was Wilfried Zaha, as he was a tried-and-tested Premier League player, and Emery knew that he could end up being judged on the results in the short term. But the Arsenal hierarchy preferred Pepe because he was younger, so they overruled him and made the gamble

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Wrong. The corrupt Arsenal hierarchy preferred Pepe because it benefitted them personally

[@BetrayalEditing]

I feel like you really missed a big component here. Arsene Wenger was always dealing with a financial loss due to the repayments of the Emirates stadium being built which would have made it all that more difficult for him to get the players he wanted, the reason why it is really now possible is because, Kroenke actually took the loan on the stadium and transferred it to his personal companies to give Arsenal a bit of freedom financially. Also to add to that as well, Arsenal are now using data to find players instead of the traditional scouting methods, essentially the movie (Moneyball 03) to find their players using StatDNA. Focusing on finding players in their peak years to build the club up. It took multiple seasons for them to be able to get rid of the big name players that were well past their peak to be able to bring in the younger squad we see today.

[@e-ben616]

You said it Best. As a kid I almost hated Arsene cos I had to show up to school on Mondays after a bitter loss. But I'm older now and understand much better. It was the burden of the Emirates. The data driven analysis explains why we've gotten so much better so much faster. We're doing much better than the Arsenal management probably forecast. Personally, I'm just glad that the Emirates is slowly being restored to the glory of Highbury and it has potential to even surpass it. Yes I'm talking of a Champions League trophy 😅

[@minnumseerrund]

also comparing Pep's transfers from 2016 till now with Wenger's signings from the 90s and 00s is kinda disingeneous, due to not just inflation but the absolute explosion in transfer fees

[@taskdon769]

Kroenke is just really like to fill his trophy case with everything. I don't know how many multi-franchise owner has won with almost every teams owned.

[@JiggyAbraham]

Props to you always on that grind, love the content and COYG!! ❤

[@1Maximal]

gunners or gamers?

[@e-ben616]

​@@1MaximalA true Arsenal fan would know which he's talking about

[@ryomawashere4032]

Edu is not Arsenal DOF. He is Technical Director and mainly the 'face' of Arsenal's transfer but he didnt do the negotiation. Arsenal's DOF is Richard Garlick, an unknown figure even for most Arsenal fans. 3:06 The man between Arteta and John Kroenke is Richard Garlick. 5:38 Edu 'promotion' is basically a reward for his brilliant idea in convincing the Kroenkes to terminate unwanted players contract. It was a unorthodox method unused in the mainstream football world to get rid of unwanted players.

[@Gooner5]

Not true, there literal evidence of him negotiating the auba deal in the documentary

[@ryomawashere4032]

@@Gooner5 Which documentary? At Arsenal Edu' does not have specific role but he bridge relationship between executive branch and football staff, make contact with clubs, agents and players, establish rapport between club and be the 'face' of Arsenal transfer with photo op of contract signed. Actual contract negotiation and transfer related are handle by Richard Garlick and a team of lawyers behind close door, behind cameras. These are not information you can easily google because its not topics journalist would write about (unclick worthy) but many Arsenal insiders like podcasts talk about this. The good ones got direct contact with the club and staffs. Arteta and Edu sure are the face of Arsenal staff but they are many many more behind the scene that are doing great work yet unheard of.

[@denodennis8871]

Love your shows keep it up always. .you make my days. .long live and a happy holly week

[@ringringring1718]

To be fair Pepe was a beast!... Now that he's gone i can speak.. that man went through 3/4 players and scored more than once, scored 2 free kicks in one game and the man was lethal at the edge of the box!

[@90AlmostFamous]

Pepe was great, maybe we should have slowly eased on him like saliba

[@tahsinsajid8672]

Pepe is not a premier league type player. He will do it well in other league where there is no pressure and pace and tempo of the game isn’t high. Like French league, bundesliga, seria etc.

[@ringringring1718]

@@tahsinsajid8672 tempo wasn't the problem. The club just wasn't patient with him. He was one of our top scorers even without playing. His price tag didn't do him any favors.

[@tahsinsajid8672]

@@ringringring1718 to be honest Arsenal overpaid him and still I believe paying his fees in installements even though he is not at the club. Moreover, he was never gonna replace saka. If Arteta kept playing him we would have saka as the one of the best right wingers right now in the world. So it was a right decision.

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@tahsinsajid8672 Which clubs have you coached?

[@oeckstei]

Going for players with a top mentality and personality not just talent has been key. You see how many leaders we have or have had in the team like, odegaard, Partey, rice and Jorginho; all whom have worn the captains arm band with club or country.

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Odegaard isn't a leader and definitely not a captain

[@gustavohenriqueperez]

@@GrantFerris-ly6cj no no no. YOU are a leader and a captain

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@gustavohenriqueperez No chump, unlike yourself i'm an English football fan who supports his local club every week

[@michaelprince6798]

Arsenal need to sign Gyokeres (striker) and Nico Williams (winger) this summer, along with a midfielder (georgiy Sudakov).

[@nwaogwugwuseyi7456]

Best comment ever

[@nimadorjee6394]

How good is Sudakov.

[@gustavohenriqueperez]

we need replacements for Nketiah, El Neny and Cedric, maybe Nelson

[@salgadosp]

I completely agree with these 2 names

[@rebeccakwofie4226]

for signing david luis, willian, zinchenko, instead of kudus, paid 65m for harvertz. his last brazilian signing is even back in brazil. yes amazing

[@michaels8638]

Arsene wasn’t in charge of transfers at any stage during his tenure and in his last 10 years the club limited purchase price due to the new stadium. Arsene like most people had faults but buying players certainly isn’t one you can lay at his door after the stadium was being built. Prior to which he brought in Viera Henry Petit Cliche, etc etc he was our french connection

[@houceman3511]

Tomiyasu was signed in summer 21

[@MajikBoxx]

The preference for Arsenal/Emery was WZ, but it appeared as if Crystal Palace became greedy and stubborn, particularly as a) CP believed AFC had a well-speculated financial injection, b) they already had plans for spending a WZ lump sum at least a season before when he wanted to leave CP for trophies, c) WZ had just enjoyed an excellent season plus d) it was clear that WZ wanted to go to Arsenal and AFC had formally shown interest. Thus CP increased WZ's valuation - despite his age - and allegedly refused to broker a reasonable, fairly standard, multi-payment deal with AFC: insisting on most of allegedly £70m+fee up front. Lille were prepared to accept a payment structure, Pepe was only 23 and flying in Ligue 1. End of. Pepe was a very good player but not yet suited to the EPL at a time when AFC had a very mixed quality, sometimes troubled squad (from excellent internationals, world cup and UCL winners mixed to less than average players on good wages, players played out of position, a new, under-pressure manager after 20+ years, no defence to speak of etc). AFC needed a ready-made, robust, EPL experienced, preferably already English-speaking, prime, goal-scoring winger like Zaha. Under those circumstances and being overly scrutinized and criticized, Pepe did well and still wanted to fight for his place.

[@mwendwabrian695]

😂😂😂😂Now, i expect Teams to start tagging our target's with huge ridiculous price tags. We should get mudryk at throw away price €40 from FFP Chelsea

[@jonsnow3989]

Still overpriced at 40 mil😅

[@raetekusu1]

They won't sell Mudryk. He doesn't represent pure profit like the academy players do. Gallagher will be the first to go.

[@raetekusu1]

@@jonsnow3989Nah, I think that's about a fair price tag for him. He's got his best years ahead of him and we can see that he plays a lot better for Ukraine than he does for CSKA London. Plus, he'd be a depth option starting out with the time needed to grow and improve his game like Jakub Kiwior. Not a chance we would start him ahead of Marti, Saka, or even Trossard right now, but definitely ahead of Nelson.

[@mugerwaashiraf503]

That ECG shows a wide QRS with " M" pattern, wonder is LBB or RBB?

[@mugerwaashiraf503]

Edu's tattoo

[@michaelobi3583]

Martinelli, Saliba, Tierney, Luiz and Pepe were all done deals before Edu was appointed. He didn't take part in the negotiations. Gabriel Magalhaes and Willian were his first true Brazilian acquisitions

[@KPM44]

Actually Martinelli was Edu trasnfer. Edu came and brought Martinelii with him from Brazil. Rest was made by Sanllehi

[@michaelobi3583]

@@KPM44 Francis Cagigao - a former Spanish scout of the club scouted him and recommended him to the board and Raul did the rest. Martinelli joined 2nd July 2019 and Edu 9th July 2019. Search it up. I do get why you would think that as they were both at Corinthians at some point.

[@baptistedubois673]

It all depends on who is going this summer. But I like the Gyokeres rumours, Boniface wouldn't be a bad choice either.

[@chukwuebukajohn5554]

Edu please 🙏🙏 get us victor gyokeres

[@raetekusu1]

Gyokeres or Boniface would be perfect signings for the way we play. Osimhen too, but he has 200m Chelsea/Man United flop written all over him.

[@mukailahkwari1651]

Record signing under Pep is Jack Grealish 100M, not Rodri

[@Gooner7]

But the season before Arsenal brought in Pepe, he had scored like 22 goals

[@gomol_mo]

I genuinely appreciate ESR football play, but I think he's kind of play doesn't fit our new and improved system. Players I think we should sell: E Nketiah - R Nelson A Ramsdale - ESR T Partey - N Tavares K Tierney - E Mohamed Buy: J Musiala (10) - Nico Williams R Leāo - M Zubemendi O Diomonde - And a GK Honestly don't think we need a Striker.

[@UkuLeLeHeros]

👍🏻

[@zubarlotin4496]

It wasn't Edu who signed Pepe

[@Rusteneuro]

Best buy? No competition!

[@denodennis8871]

It's all about edu and Mikel connection. .the rest is going to be history

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Edu somehow paying ₤3m for a free signing - Genius!

[@benmoir2178]

Martinelli and Saliba had nothing to do with Edu what are you talking about.

[@offsideinsights]

nice video, covered some similar topics in my latest video ☺

[@teddyrands1758]

Martinelli, Saliba and Pepe weren't his signings

[@maltlickytexas]

😂

[@ekowhoward5530]

Edu genius? Not true. Arteta pinpoints the player he wants and he goes in to get the deal done. As Arteta is the manager, there's no way Edu can dump a player on Arteta that he Arteta has not selected. Again Martinelli was brought in by Cagigao not Edu. Edu's role in the club is overblown.

[@cpfyp3548]

Heh, Zinchenko, Fabio Vieira waste of money. Even Kai Havertz is just okayish for 60m. Not worth it.

[@CutieMicchan]

Hmm, okay. Out of curiosity, what club do you support?

[@cpfyp3548]

@@CutieMicchan Not supporting any team. Just a neutral football spectator.

[@CutieMicchan]

@@cpfyp3548 if you’ve been watching arsenal for a while, you’d know how valuable vieira and zinny are. Great alternatives that offer different playstyles. I’m sure you’ll come around soon enough if you support the club

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@CutieMicchan Hmm, okay. Out of curiosity, how much do you pay for your season ticket to support your club?

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

The list goes on, Jesus, Marquinos, Ramsdale, Lokonga, Tavares, Mari etc.

[@natebernasconi]

Every time I hear what we paid for Jorginho I smile 😊

[@thesignature7585]

Lisandro would have been a massive upgrade on Zinny. Fabio hasn’t proved anything as of yet

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

People quickly forget Arteta and Edus disaster signings of Tavares, Runnarson, Trusty, Jesus, Marquinos ,Willian, Cedric, Mari, Turner, Vieria, Zinchenko, Ramsdale and Lokonga plus the extended deals they gave to Reiss, Elneny, Holding and Nketiah. They also forget the absolute fortunes they lost when they paid ₤50m Ozil, ₤65m Auba and ₤74m Pepe to leave the club and letting ₤50m Lacazette and Ramsey do exactly what Edu done himself as an Arsenal player in running down their contracts to leave for free and line their own pockets. Save your but, but, but excuses as the fact is Arsenal have been poor in the transfer market for decades with the last player they bought and sold on for a profit being AOC, so it's no surprise that they recently recorded a ₤55m loss for the last financial year and are now more commonly known as 'Cut Our Losses FC' Trust the (Never Ending) Process xx

[@thetiklipsegod]

Shhhh stay quiet little girl

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@thetiklipsegod Are you going to the City game on Sunday chump or will you be attending Pokemon school 2.0 shaymin?? What a clown, no wonder your parents had u adopted

[@thesignature7585]

Completely disagree. Saliba was here prior to Edu was leading this. They have done good business but their is a lot of flaws