LAUREN “TOURE’S TACKLE ON WENGER WAS SO FUNNY. ARSENE ASKED FOR MORE AGGRESSION, BUT NOT AGAINST HIM”
You spent seven years with Arsenal, from 2000-07, winning two league titles. What made that team so special?
We managed to combine quality and ability with ambition and commitment, so everyone played at their very best. Dennis Bergkamp, Freddie Ljungberg, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Thierry Henry, Jens Lehmann – they were all players at the top of their game. Even I was playing at my best! We had some big players, but Arsene Wenger was the leader and the one who coordinated that immense talent. Therefore, we were able to achieve so much success during that period.
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