Edu ya bar Nottingham Forest, inda ya kawo ƙarshen wa'adinsa na kaɗan fiye da shekara ɗaya a matsayin babban daraktan ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya a City Ground.

Tafiyar tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal an yi ta tsammanin na ɗan lokaci — bai halarta wasa tun watan Fabrairu ba, kuma an yi imani an kawo ƙarshen kwantiraginsa. An ba da tsammani cewa Forest ba za su naɗa wanda zai maye gurbinsa ba; a maimakon haka, babban jami'in ƙwallon ƙafa George Syrianos zai karɓi alhakin aikin.

Rikici da Nuno da tashin hankali na ciki

Matsayin Edu ya fara zama mai tambaya bayan rahotannin rikici da kociyan lokacin Nuno Espirito Santo, wanda aka kore shi a watan Satumba na bara. Nuno shi ne na farko daga cikin kociyoyi huɗu da Forest suka yi sauyawa a lokacin kakar da ta gabata. A wancan lokaci, Nuno ya bayyana alamun tashin hankali na ciki kuma ya ce alaƙarsa da mai kulob ɗin Evangelos Marinakis ta canza.

An naɗa Edu a watan Yuli 2025 da wani aiki mai faɗi wanda ya ketare Forest don rufe sauran kulob-kulob ɗin da Marinakis ya mallaka — kulob ɗin Girkanci Olympiacos da kulob ɗin Fotigal Rio Ave.

Aiki mai ɗaukaka kafin Forest

Kafin ya shiga Forest, Edu ya shafe shekaru shida a Arsenal, inda aka naɗa shi a matsayin daraktan wasanni na farko a tarihin kulob ɗin a 2022. A lokacin da yake buga ƙwallon ƙafa da Arsenal, ya lashe gasar Premier League sau biyu da FA Cup sau biyu. A rawar sa ta zartarwa, ana yabawa shi da kawo koci Mikel Arteta zuwa Emirates Stadium — wata shawara da a ƙarshe ta kai Arsenal lashe taken Premier League na farko cikin shekaru 22, wanda aka samu a kakar da ta gabata.

Tafiyarsa ta zo bayan wani babban canjin da aka yi a tsarin shugabancin Forest. An naɗa Theodore Giannikos, tsohon mataimakin shugaban Olympiacos, a matsayin babban darakta a makon da ya gabata, yana maye gurbin Lina Souloukou, wanda ya bar muƙaminsa a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata.