- May 21, 2005
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yes, i know he might put 'human' friendship rather than a love for a team, but don't know how he did this and how he allowed himself to recommend something good for Arsenal ... oh well .. after years from love .. i find this one !
It was enthralling playing for him, I enjoyed every single second. He wanted me to play just behind the striker, which was Mark Hateley. I always felt that was my best position, but I never really played there for England or even during my hey-day at Spurs when I played the right side of a diamond with Ricky Villa behind me." He continued.
"We played as a replica of Arsene’s first Arsenal side; there were two holding midfielders like Petit and Vieira, a flying winger like Overmars and I played in the ‘Bergkamp role’ behind the striker.
“He introduced so many new things to me, his training methods, the warm ups and the warm downs. In all my years at Tottenham, we had never done a warm down! We had vitamin injections; all legal of course, all the thinking was way ahead.
"The physio, Michel Franco, opened my eyes to so many things; he really was a miracle worker. Years later, I know Spurs fans don’t like it, but when I was England manager, [Arsenal vice-chairman] David Dein asked me about Arsene, and I just said, “Go and get him. He will be successful
yes, i know he might put 'human' friendship rather than a love for a team, but don't know how he did this and how he allowed himself to recommend something good for Arsenal ... oh well .. after years from love .. i find this one !