I Couldn’t Believe Arsenal Sold Iwobi to Everton: Nwankwo Kanu

By Daily Sports on September 12, 2019

Arsenal made a big mistake when they sold Alex Iwobi to Everton. That is the view of Gunners legend, Nwankwo Kanu, who believes his former club should have done all they could to hold on to a player they had developed since he was eight.

Iwobi left the Emirates on deadline day, switching north London for Merseyside in a deal that could eventually total £40 million ($49m).

It was a transfer that came out of the blue, with Everton switching their attention to Iwobi after seeing bids for Wilfried Zaha repeatedly knocked back by Crystal Palace.

Arsenal rejected Everton’s initial offer for Iwobi, which was closer to £30m ($37m), but accepted the second when it arrived in the final hours of the transfer window.

It was a deal the Gunners hierarchy felt was a good one for the club, with the offer arriving at the end of a window that had seen Arsenal commit to over £140m ($173m) worth of transfers – including a club-record £72m ($89m) fee for Nicolas Pepe.

But for Kanu, the decision to cash in on the 23-year-old was the wrong one.

“I would say they made a mistake, 100 per cent,” the Nigeria hero told Goal. “Why they let him go, I don’t know.

“He’s a boy who, in and out, is Arsenal. He always wanted to do his best for the club. He loves the club, but not only that he can play football.

“What he brings week in, week out, the fans need to appreciate that.

“I think he is still young and those are the type of people you want in the team, people who grew up here, who knows everything about the club and wants to die for the club.

“He was one of them, so for us to lose him and to let him go, was a shock. I couldn’t really believe we did it, but that’s football.”

Kanu knows Iwobi well, with the winger having become a regular in the Nigeria national team in recent years. (The Guardian)

•Photo shows Kanu and Iwobi

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 12, 2019


 

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