Edu appointment pushes Forest closer to elite goal
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Edu's appointment as Nottingham Forest's global head of football is further evidence of their plans for expansion.
We have seen them tie down key members of the squad - including Monday's announcement of Ola Aina's new contract - but there is no bigger signing than Edu's arrival.
He has been in the background for a number of months and was at Wembley for Forest's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City in April.
The former midfielder will oversee the operations at Forest, Olympiakos and Rio Ave and should be seen as a huge coup.
The ex-Brazil international, a member of Arsenal's 'Invincibles', was key to the Gunners' post-Arsene Wenger era, even if Mikel Arteta has only delivered one FA Cup five years ago.
Martin Odegaard, William Saliba, Gabriel and Declan Rice joined under his watch but so did £72m Nicolas Pepe, David Luiz and Raheem Sterling, all three failing to justify themselves at the Emirates Stadium.
Owner Evangelos Marinakis will expect Forest to continue their trajectory after last season's seventh place finish in the Premier League and there will be a desire to challenge Arsenal at the top, with the Gunners finishing second last season.
Edu provides experience from the elite, which is exactly where Forest want to be.
