Eduardo: I’m still waiting for an apology

Arsenal’s come-back hero Eduardo da Silva has revealed to The Sun that he is still yet to receive an apology of any sort from Martin Taylor, after the Birmingham defender broke his leg and ankle in a horrific tackle last year.

Eduardo produced a magnificent first-team return on Monday to score twice against Cardiff in the fourth round of the F.A Cup in his first appearance since the end of February 2008.

But the striker revealed that Taylor has never even apologised for the tackle that caused the injury, rubbishing reports that Taylor has met with the Croatian or even spoken to him.

Eduardo said: “Some friends told me he was saying he’d spoken to me — but he never did. I’ve never met him.

“And someone at Arsenal received an email from him when I played for the reserves at Barnet a short while back and it said he was pleased I was playing again.

“I have received lots of mail from other people. I’ve had around 25,000 emails — from Croatia, Brazil and England — wishing me a speedy recovery and I’ve had letters by the sackful. But he’s never sent anything directly to me.”

Taylor has always said that he never set out to hurt Eduardo and although little footage of the tackle is still around it is clear that the defender had no malicious intent.

On the injury, Eduardo said, “I did not see the tackle coming, so there was no way I could ride the challenge because I was not expecting it. When I was tackled I heard a crack.

“All I can say was that I had the ball under control for what seemed like a long time. But I don’t want to talk about the incident. It’s probably best left alone now.” 

Source: The Sun