GoonerMuzz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:04 pmI'm not going to disagree about Arteta picking Willian but I will point out my comment was about his hierarchy and that Edu as director of Footall would have had no small part in Arteta's appointment and backing him when things were going terribly recently. Also bear in mind that Edu was in charge when Sven Misintlat suddenly left, oversaw the removal of the scouting network, allowed Raul Sanhelli and Huss Fahmy to carry out whatever shady dealings were going, seems to have been involved in a number of transfer deals involving his own agent etc.
Arteta is in the wrong job at the wrong time and can rightly be criticised for onfield performance but a lot of the decisions off field I'm not so sure about
Wasnt mislintat gone before edu came back to us ? I thought mislintat left cos he wasnt given a job that was promised to him and edu came in as one of the replacements in the reshuffle
Btw, I suspect mislintat will prove to be a big loss for the club - his knowledge, his experience and pedigree in the transfer market are on a different level from anyone we have running our club, and I still maintain that most of his signings were good signings