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Edu says he has spoken to Arsene Wenger about return to Arsenal: ‘It would be a real pleasure’

 (Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
(Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Arsenal technical director Edu has echoed Mikel Arteta’s call for Arsene Wenger to return to the club as he looks to recreate the culture from the famous Invincibles team.

Arteta wants Wenger, who currently works as Fifa’s chief of global football development, to return to the club, seemingly to act as a sounding board, though no potential role has been clarified.

Now, Edu, who played under Wenger during the Gunners’ unbeaten Premier League season in 2003-04, has also revealed his desire for the Frenchman to have a role at the club.

“It was great to see Arsene Wenger the other day at the screening for his new documentary,” Edu wrote in Arsenal’s programme on Saturday.

“We had a good conversation, and I said to him that he cannot realise how important he is for my career.

“I told him I would like to see him a bit closer to the club and to myself as well in the future. That would be a real, real pleasure and special for everyone here.

“I also told him I was so proud to see myself in his film - it brought back lots of great memories about that Invincibles team!

“I loved watching how we built that team, how we built that season, how we went for every single game - against Manchester United, against Liverpool - those huge games and how we approached them.

“These are the beautiful memories I have as a player, but now I am a technical director, and I was watching it thinking about how we can create that culture that Arsene had at that moment.

“The mentality that the players had, the feeling we had in the dressing room and what we built together as a team.

“I remember the respect we had between all the players - you need that in a long, long season together.

“We were good friends, and we worked for each other. If I can help create that again, then that’s what we want to do.”

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