It's still crazy to me how the most embarrasing moment in this club's history helped create exactly where we are today.
None of what we have today happens if United never thumped us 8-2.
Wenger had the vision to bring George Weah from obscurity in the Cameroonian league to Europe, 7 years later he won the Ballon d’Or.
Souness had the vision to sign Ali Dia, based off a phone call fooling him that he was George Weah’s cousin.
I know who the real football man is.
🗣️ @theowalcott: “The turning point for me in terms of how I viewed Mikel Arteta was an experience I had with him as a player at Arsenal. It was at a time when we weren’t making the top four. We had training in 30 minutes & he locked all the players in the dressing room, as if he was the manager.”
“He was taking control of the whole space & telling us how it is. In that moment, it was like he was the manager & that was the turning point for me. That’s when I thought he could go on to be a manager.”
“Arsène Wenger was waiting for us to come outside for training but we weren’t coming out because Mikel stopped the training session. He was such a strong character that even Arsène was afraid of him.” [@UpFrontPod] #afc