EXCLUSIVE 💣💣💣
Julián Álvarez is staying at Atlético Madrid… FOR NOW.
But Chelsea have just issued a direct warning:
“We’re coming for him in January.”
Talks are already happening. The chase is on.
January just got dangerous. 🔥
Louis Dunford — the man who wrote Arsenal’s club anthem, “The Angel” or “North London Forever” as you may choose to call it.
Dunford wrote the angel the song to honour his North London roots as he’s from Islington but that song resonated with Arsenal’s fanbase. It’s become an important part of today’s story.
In the buildup to the Leeds game in the 21/22 season, he was having a drink with his mates and he made a tweet about Arsenal playing the song at the Emirates. Arsenal fans saw that tweet and gave it wings.
“We were sat in the pub and my mate was going to me, “They’ve got to
play it at the Emirates,”’ Dunford told Charles Watts in an interview.
“So, as a genuine joke, I tagged Arsenal on Twitter and said “Play ‘The
Angel’. The people want it.” I was just thinking that my small following of
Twitter fans would think it was funny. And then, the next day, I woke up
and it had exploded overnight. I had over 1,000 retweets. I couldn’t
understand what had happened. Over the next couple of days I went from
having 2,000 followers to 10,000, then 15,000, then 30,000. I was like,
“Fucking hell, all this over a drunk joke!”’
The song came in at a time when Mikel Arteta was searching for things to help strengthen the connection between Arsenal fans and the club. The song was too good to miss.
Arteta played it to the players on the training ground. Dunford was invited to London Colney. He met the players and sat in the Director’s box in the Leeds game.
Dunford’s song wasn’t the first one tried as an anthem, but his song stood out, connected with the fanbase and told a story.
I wasn’t born in North London and there’s no time I listen to the whole song and don’t feel a genuine connection.
It’s the power of place, people, and genuine talent.
That was how Dunford became a permanent mention in Arsenal’s folklore.
A drunken tweet, a beautiful song, a fanbase that craved a higher purpose, and a club on its way back up.
Today, these streets are our own.
I love this club. 22 years we have waited. Enjoy it until your hearts are full. This fanbase is family to me. So so proud of Arteta and the squad. We have done it.
Champions of England.
I promise you this is only the start for this beautiful institution.
COYG 😭❤️