Eduardo made a spectacular first-team return on Monday,
scoring two goals in Arsenal’s 4-0 FA Cup triumph over Cardiff.
But he still struggles to understand why Taylor never
picked up the phone to say sorry.
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.”
The Croatian star’s nightmare began last February when
his leg and ankle were broken by Taylor’s red-card lunge during a
league clash at St Andrew’s.
Taylor, 29, has always maintained he never set out to
hurt Eduardo and says he was distraught at what happened.
Eduardo added: “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.”