Robin van Persie has admitted
the impending return of Eduardo will be a major boost to
Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger revealed earlier on Thursday that he expected the
Brazil-born Croatia international to return from injury by the
middle of November.
Eduardo has not played for Arsenal since suffering a broken leg
against Birmingham back in February following a challenge by Martin
Taylor.
He had been in fine form in his debut season at Emirates Stadium
and Van Persie is looking forward to playing alongside him once
again.
"He is really important," the Dutchman told Sky Sports
News.
"We were all really unhappy with what happened but I think he
dealt with it really well and showed a lot of maturity.
"If you look at his finishing record, we need him."
Arsenal have produced a number of sparkling displays already
this season and were somewhere near they best as they swept to a
5-2 victory over Fenerbahce in Turkey on Tuesday.
However, they have also slipped to surprise defeats against
Fulham and Hull in the Premier League and Van Persie accepts that
it is vital to become consistent.
He said: "I think things are going really well. If you look at
the game against Fenerbahce on Tuesday, a really young side played
in a really aggressive atmosphere and if you look at what they did
it was quite amazing.
"If you look at the past few weeks, the only thing we still need
to do is be consistent in the Premier League because we have lost
some points.
"But our game is so beautiful that hopefully we can win a trophy
with this game this year."