Edu will discover soon if he really did read the runes. The technical director told Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal board a couple of years back: 'Guys, 2022-23 will be the season we are going to be much better.'
Edu's forecast formed part of a new, five-year plan for Arsenal, devised after Unai Emery was sacked in late 2019.
Change, driven alongside Arteta, has been ruthless and expensive and, at times, painful.
'If a guy is performing and has a big salary, that's not a problem,' Edu says.