Agent Kia Joorabchian has launched an attack on Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher following the former Liverpool defender's claim about Arsenal transfers.
Carragher made a comment on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football that Joorabchian was still doing the Gunners' business due to what he believes have been poor signings.
"I really like Arteta," he said. "There’s a lot of nonsense around the club – bringing players, buying players. I think some signings were a joke. In terms of bringing Willian in, Luiz in, Cedric in.
"Is Kia Joorabchian making signings at the club? Mikel Arteta has brought in Thomas Partey and Gabriel. They look like Arsenal’s two best players at this moment, certainly early stages this season."
Unsurprisingly, Joorabchian was not exactly pleased to hear his name used in that context, and he has hit back in his own interview with Sky Sports.
He responded: "I’m very surprised because Jamie is one of the people that monopolises Sky Sports commentary. Sky Sports producers pay a lot of money to him, so I can’t understand why he doesn’t check his facts before he speaks.
"The fact is I had nothing to do with the signing of Willian. If Jamie had bothered to check with Mikel [Arteta] or [technical director] Edu, they would have said Mikel presented three different times to convince Willian to be his number one signing at Arsenal.
"He had an opportunity to stay at Chelsea and to go to two other Premier League clubs. [Inter] Miami made him a very nice offer. Mikel convinced him to stay."
He added: "Furthermore, David Luiz was in the same situation. Mikel spent a lot of time in lockdown to speak to him and persuade him to stay. Gabriel was on the list of at least three other clubs.
"But the main point is – why do Sky pay Jamie Carragher so much money to talk rubbish? Surely he has the contacts through Sky or himself to make a phone call to Edu or even sky to put a question in through the press department.
"Why make an assumption that is going to create an atmosphere that is very bad throughout the club?"
