The Gunners legend spoke on club greats Arsene Wenger, Thierry Henry, Ian Wright and Patrick Vieira
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00:00He was, of course, someone who had a totally different philosophy about the game than what
00:12was used in England, not only on the pitch but off the pitch as well, making players
00:16realise what it is to be a professional footballer, just taking care of your body, focus on being
00:21the best you can be every day, day in, day out.
00:24Of course, my first season was a year where I saw a lot of surprising things, with alcohol,
00:31gambling, that sort of stuff.
00:33To say it's part of the English game, I could understand at that time, but as soon as Arsene
00:37came, he changed it all around and I think everyone, including the club, was happy with
00:42how he approached it and it was a good choice.
00:45It's really difficult for me to mention one or two moments.
00:49I think I was very happy with the 11 years I played for Arsenal.
00:53Of course, there are moments with good goals and trophies, the Invincible season, of course,
00:59my first season winning those two personal trophies.
01:02It's been very successful and very enjoyable.
01:04I've been lucky with a lot of players that I've played with.
01:09For example, Ian was a great help to me in my first season, just by being him.
01:14He was just typical with the humour, taking the pressure off me in games, but also a great
01:20character in the dressing room, which helped me realise how the English game was.
01:24Patrick is probably one of the players that could change games just by himself.
01:29That's what he did in his first game.
01:31So, such a strong, big play, which made a big impact on Arsenal at that time.
01:38If you mention Thierry Henry, that's, for me, the best player I've ever played with.
01:44I still don't know what his weakness is.
01:46It's unbelievable how good he was.