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Arsenal director of football, Edu Gasper, has admitted the club did not plan to sign Raheem Sterling from Chelsea. The Gunners completed a deadline-day loan deal for Sterling on Friday night. Edu, speaking after the deal was confirmed, said the 29-year-old was a market opportunity they took. He said: “Well to be fair, we never planned really to sign him when we started the transfer window, just to be very transparent, for different reasons, but we always say to everyone that you have to be prepared for every single scenario. “When that opportunity came to me and I checked the squad, I checked …

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