Earlier this week, Arsenal confirmed the departure of Vivianne Miedema after seven years in North London, in which she has broken countless records and won the hearts of Arsenal fans the world over.
The decision has been a contentious one among the fan base, to say the least. At his pre-Brighton press conference, Arseblog News asked Jonas Eidevall if he could shed more light on the club’s decision not to offer Miedema a new contract.
‘I understand the interest in that question, it is a unified club decision and we took a lot of care in that decision,’ he told us. ‘We have to weigh in a lot of different factors, what is best for the club.
‘I don’t think it would be worth sitting here and speaking about reasons why and why not we would go in certain directions. I think it would just be overshadowing what has been a truly remarkable story between Vivianne Miedema and Arsenal.
‘I think that should be the headline, her remarkable contribution to the club and that is what should be getting all the light at the moment.’ The club planned the announcement ahead of the final game against Brighton so that supporters had the opportunity to pay tribute to Miedema at Meadow Park.
Arseblog News asked Eidevall if he and the club were aware of the strength of feeling and the disagreement from many Arsenal fans over the decision.
‘One part of what has been so special about this and previous seasons has been the connection between the club and the supporters. One thing, obviously, many supporters have connection to is individual players.
‘I think that is natural that we will have players our supporters feel very affectionate towards. I understand football is emotions and decisions like this leave a lot of raw emotions.
‘My message would be that when we take these decisions it is to build Arsenal as strong as possible for the future. We want nothing more than to be as successful on the pitch as possible and that’s the direction we want to go as a club.
‘That is where the whole leadership team wants to bring the club as well. We will hopefully also have positive and encouraging news about how we are strengthening the squad and the setup around the team.’
Finally, Arseblog News asked Eidevall what Miedema’s reaction has been to not being offered a contract by the club.
‘She has been very professional, as always. Vivianne Miedema is a very professional football player, she has been training very well. I think she is very focused on trying to do her best all the time when she is representing the club.’
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