Former Premier League stars, Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher, have slammed Arsenal Technical Director, Edu, for signing players rejected by London rivals, Chelsea.
They branded the Gunners’ recruitment strategy ‘stupid’, questioning the signings of Willian and David Luiz from Chelsea.
Arsenal are still a long way off challenging for the top four or winning trophies despite spending around £275million since Edu was appointed in 2019
Carragher, a Liverpool legend feels Edu’s approach in the transfer market lacks coherence.
“When you’re talking about Edu as sporting director, you’re bringing David Luiz in and you’re bringing Willian in – two rejects from Chelsea. I’m just scratching my head thinking, “I can’t get behind this, it’s wrong, it doesn’t work’,” he told Sky Sports.
“Of course you’re allowed to make mistakes, but make the right mistakes.
“Why are you buying rejects from Chelsea who are over 30? And then giving them big deals and you can’t get rid of them? That’s a mistake before it’s happened. That’s just stupid.
“They took a load of dough out of your club and you’re left with nothing. I wouldn’t have bought Willian! And I wouldn’t have bought Luiz! They are Chelsea rejects aren’t they, they got the best out of them and then went ‘Arsenal will have them,’”
Keane added, “It goes down to your recruitment – can you get the right players? Arsenal are probably still looking to get one or two players in.
“But the biggest problem for Arsenal, like a lot of clubs, is shifting players out. There’s player at Arsenal on huge money and they can’t get rid them. So then they’re stuck in terms of trying to bring players in. Recruitment is key.
“We’re not writing Arsenal off, they won the FA Cup two years ago, but we’re talking about winning league titles and Arsenal are way off it just because they haven’t got the players, they haven’t got the strength in depth.”
