ARSENAL face a fight to keep hold of technical director Edu, according to reports.
The 44-year-old Brazilian joined the Gunners back in 2019 and has thrived in the role at the Emirates.
He has been widely praised for the appointment of manager Mikel Arteta , as well as the club’s impressive recruitment.
Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League table after nine wins from their opening 10 matches.
And according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano , Edu is attracting interest from several European clubs.
The former Valencia midfielder’s name is said to have been “discussed internally”; as a suitable technical director - although the identity of the teams are not known.
However, Edu is considered to be “100 per cent focused on the Arsenal project”;, with the club seeing him as a “key figure”; in their plans for the future.
In the summer, the South American told SunSport the Gunners were not simply going to settle for a place in the top four as he outlined ambitious plans.
Edu said: “Arsenal should not be building to just fight for fourth. A club of our size cannot accept that.
“That’s what really hurt when I returned three years ago. I was asking, ‘What’s happening here? Everybody is comfortable and they’re all OK with that?’
“Well, f*** you, because that’s not the mentality of this club. I want everyone to feel, ‘F*****g hell, now we are really going to go for things’.
“So we needed a squad with personalities that say, ‘I am not losing this game - I will kill someone first but I don’t lose’.
“And this summer I think we’ve added more players with that kind of character.”;
Arsenal signed five new players ahead of the new season - Gabriel Jesus , Oleksandr Zinchenko , Fabio Vieira, Matt Turner and Marquinhos.
And Arteta’s men now look ready to compete for the title as they have opened up a four-point lead over Manchester City .
Edu will be hoping Arsenal can build on their positive start as he looks to add to the FA Cup they won during his first season at the club.
