Campbell digs at Arsenal ‘geniuses’ but salutes Edu after Sky chat
Kevin Campbell has defended Arsenal technical director Edu after the club’s poor start to the season.
The Gunners icon, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, insisted the club’s transfer business wasn’t a failure this summer.
On 4 September, Sky Sports released an interview with Edu, in which he discussed the club’s transfer window.
He spoke about wanting to build a “good foundation” for the future by buying young.
All of Arsenal’s new signings are under the age of 24.
The Gunners are bottom of the Premier League table and have failed to score in all three games.
Campbell insists Arsenal’s summer was a success and claims Edu was only being criticised because of the results on the pitch.
“People will question when the team aren’t winning,” Campbell told Football Insider assistant editor Dylan Childs.
“But when you sit down and look at the signings they have made, they are great signings.
“They have brought the age of the team down and there is longevity in these signings.
“The problem is getting them out on the pitch. You have to have as many out there as possible.
“That’s the key to it all. Unfortunately they haven’t been able to do that.
“This is one of those times where the international break has come at the right time.
“There is time to work with those players who aren’t away. You want to get those players in.
“When the league resumes, they are in the team. We have had so many people come in who are supposedly the best in the business.
“The only sale has been Willock, that doesn’t reflect well on the geniuses who came before Edu.”
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