Ben Constable

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@The_RIICHIE Yes, that's what you do.

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@AJ151O Football has a way of humbling people.

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@mufcacademy91 Say that again

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@mancity_talk Yep, all sat at home by ourselves.

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@Adikastakes Better, more technical players around him.

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@UK47Gooner @jamesbenge So we aren't in a better position now than when Edu was appointed

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@Gunneruni @charles_watts Nothing.

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@Gunneruni @charles_watts Or he was offered a a job, position and pay rise that he felt he couldn't turn down.

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@UK47Gooner @jamesbenge So we're not in a better position?

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@vinbhak @Marcotti Isn't that a bit obvious?

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@Praise53148244 @Bungle_Bungles @adamkeys_ I have no idea, but we knew about Arsenal's interest in Rice as early as December, so there was a lot of ground work put in to get the deal done.

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@Praise53148244 @Bungle_Bungles @adamkeys_ So you think £100m transfers, probably months of talking to West Ham, Rice and his representatives, back and forth over final fees, add ons, wages, bonuses, agents fees ect just happen overnight

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@iamgaurav_92 @DougieCritchley Fair. I disagree with you on that one. I'd be very surprised if they didn't let Edu do any business other than what we did.

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@iamgaurav_92 @DougieCritchley And surely no board would refuse to let the departing players be replaced properly.

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@iamgaurav_92 @DougieCritchley I think most signings are Arteta sanctioned these days.

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@iamgaurav_92 @DougieCritchley Absolutely prove you're good at sales, but I doubt very much that Arteta would have been happy to agree to/sanction the departures of ESR, Nelson and Vieira if he didn't have some assurance/promise that they would be replaced. Which they weren't.

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@iamgaurav_92 @DougieCritchley I'm not blaming Edu per se, I'm just giving my opinion that this was our weakest summer recruitment wise. The fact we were scrambling on deadline day to sign Sterling and Neto kind of backs that up.

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@bennyrogers188 @adamkeys_ This is probably the best response I've seen so far. Anyone trying to discredit the work he's done can fuck right off. Can Arsenal upgrade? Of course. Was Edu a big part of the rise we've seen over the last 3-4 years? Absolutely.

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@Gooneroptimist @adamkeys_ Pepe was Sanllehi.

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@Bungle_Bungles @adamkeys_ It is literally his remit as SD to conduct and finalise transfers. To suggest he didn't have much to do when negotiating a £100m+ transfer is ridiculous.