Edu's daughter responds to abuse after wife gave middle finger to angry fan

Edu Gaspar's daughter has pleaded with Arsenal fans to stop abusing her father as the Arsenal transfer chief comes under further scrutiny.

The Brazilian is the man in charge of comings and goings at the Emirates and is facing increasing pressure thanks to the club's miserable start to the season.

Arsenal are the Premier League 's top spenders this summer having spent almost £150m on five new players.

Aaron Ramsdale and Martin Odegaard became the latest arrivals, joining Nuno Tavares, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Ben White in joining the North Londoners.

But results haven't followed that spend, with Arsenal slumping to back-to-back defeats to open the Premier League season.

Arsenal technical director Edu has come in for abuse ( Image:

Michael Regan - FIFA)

After losing to Brentford in their opening game of the campaign, the Gunners were routinely dispatched by Chelsea last time out.

The game against their London rivals was the first time the Emirates has been at capacity since before the coronavirus pandemic.

However, pre-match optimism quickly descended into a negative atmosphere with Arsenal two down before the break.

Mikel Arteta's side were booed at both half-time and full-time, with supporters becoming increasingly frustrated at the club's current malaise.

During the second half, Edu was confronted by a fan, who shouted abuse at the technical director, whilst he watched the game with his family.

Edu managed to ignore the abuse, but his wife failed to do the same, appearing to stick her middle finger up as the individual walked away.

Arteta was subsequently surrounded by fans after the game, as tensions threatened to boil over just weeks into the new season.

Edu's wife appeared to put up her middle finger after the family were confronted during the game against Chelsea

And now Edu's daughter Maria has revealed that her social media accounts have been swamped with abuse from fans, leaving her unable to speak to those followers who are seeking interaction.

"Look at everything my father was won, look at everything that he's done," she wrote on Instagram.

"I know about his potential. I'm not here to talk about that. But sometimes, reading this stuff, it hurts a lot.

"But we have to get used to this life, right. In life there are ups and downs."

"My father has been on this life for a while, from criticism to praise, he's used to it but I am not. It hurts a lot, but we will learn [to get used to it].

"Everyday, I used to answer people on DMs, and some have asked why I stopped doing so.

"I can't open my DM's anymore because it's full of abuse, I don't have a lot of patience.

"My head is not right at the moment to explain why they're abusing my father."