Games That Changed My Life
Author: Chris Flanagan
MONACO 0 SOCHAUX 0 French First Division, 1989 “My debut, aged 18. Monaco had a huge game in Europe that week and were fighting for the league title, with 12 or 13 players injured. They didn’t have enough players, so Arsene Wenger brought me from the academy. He came to watch a game on Sunday morning, then said, ‘From tomorrow, you start training with us’. I never left the first team after that! On my debut, I played as a centre-back, marking Stephane Paille, who played for the national team. It...