Former Arsenal and Valencia midfielder Edu will wave goodbye to Europe as he returns to his birthplace of Sao Paulo to wear the black-and-white jersey belonging to Corinthians for a second time.
On January 16 2001, the star born Eduardo César Daude Gaspar departed his Brazilian homeland to enlist in Arsene Wenger's Arsenal for a transfer fee of £6 million. As a component of the notorious 'Invincibles' squad which set a new unbeaten league record between May 2003 and October 2004 for a phenomenal 49 matches, the left-sided central midfielder complimented the 1998 and 1999 Brasileiro championship medals he won with Corinthians by carrying out the same feat at Arsenal.
During the off-season prior to the commencement of the 2005-2006 season, Edu enlisted in the Valencian ranks at the Mestalla on a free transfer but the 16-capped international found his Spanish adventure tainted with untoward occurrences of injuries, much to the same degree of frustration as his entire career.
3,093 days have passed from when Edu, once praised through the words of Wenger as 'a huge talent, a versatile midfielder with fantastic ability", set shore for England, but Corinthians are welcoming back their once-upon-a-time academy graduate with open arms.
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