Daraktan kwallon kafa na Arsenal, Edu Gasper, ya ce kungiyar ba ta shirya daukar Raheem Sterling daga Chelsea ba.
Gunners sun kammala yarjejeniyar aro na ranar ƙarshe ga Sterling a daren Juma’a.
Edu, wanda ke magana bayan tabbatar da yarjejeniyar, ya ce dan wasan mai shekaru 29 wata dama ce ta kasuwa da suka dauka.
Ya ce: “To a yi gaskiya, ba mu taba yin shirin kulla yarjejeniya da shi ba a lokacin da muka fara kasuwar saye da sayar da ‘yan wasa, don kawai mu kasance masu gaskiya, saboda dalilai daban-daban, amma a kullum muna gaya wa kowa cewa dole ne ku kasance cikin shiri don kowane yanayi.
“Lokacin da wannan damar ta zo mini kuma na duba ‘yan wasan, na duba yadda yake wasa kuma na yi magana da Mikel [Arteta] ba shakka. Na yi magana da Tim [Lewis], mataimakin shugabanmu, don duba ko kowa yana jin daɗin matakin da za mu ɗauka.
“Yana da ma’ana sosai don samun wani kamarsa saboda na tabbata zai kara da yawa a cikin tawagar.”
Ana sa ran Arsenal za ta gabatar da Sterling ga ‘yan wasan Emirates kafin su kara da Brighton a wasan farko na ranar Asabar.