Team Flo or team Eddie? Why Balogun had to leave Arsenal | ESPN FC

Flo Balogun told our colleague Conor O'Halloran on ESPN that Mikel Arteta would have kept him around. But people above the manager's head decided he had to go. Robert, are you buying this? And who would you have kept? Balogun or Nketiah? Are you team Flo or team Eddie? Well I think you know what you're going to get with Nketiah and that's probably not quite good enough. So Balogun I would have probably kept. We haven't seen his full potential. He may go on and be an excellent player. Nketiah is always going to be in the minds of Arsenal fans and everybody that watches him. Just that little bit off the top that would make Arsenal title winners. So was it a case that maybe the... But I would probably say that Arteta probably didn't sell it to the people above him either. He didn't say well he's way way better than Nketiah. First of all, Arteta's muscle with the money men and the people above him has only increased because of the season he had last year. I would assume that they probably said to him hey, Eddie was a free agent. You made us give him this big contract a year ago. Are you sure this other dude is better because it's going to be difficult to shift Eddie. And he probably said exactly what you said. I know what I get with Eddie. Can Balogun adapt? How quickly can he adapt? Should we cash it? And they probably also said to him hey, we got to pay for Declan Rice and Kai Havertz and Urien Timber. If we can get some money from Balogun, let's shift Balogun. And obviously they're going to get more money for Balogun than they're going to get for Eddie. Simple as.