"I will not go so low as this punk, who was transferred to Arsenal just because of me," complained Mamic. "I also don't want to talk about how I freed him from his Brazilian manager, how I bought a house for his mother in Brazil and how much I paid for his operation in Slovenia.
Eduardo hit back in the Croatian press: "He sold me to Arsenal?" he asked. "But who was scoring goals at Dinamo?
"And who broke all the records in the Croatian championship? Oh yeah, it was Mr Mamic! How could I forget something like that?
"Arsenal bought me because of my goals and form. The scout in London told me how Arsenal were on my trail for a year and a half. And now he thinks that he is the one who made my name in England?
"Dinamo are my biggest love and I would like to end my career there.
"Zagreb is a town where I would like to live but I will never again see Mamic in the same light as my former club."