“I lived in a hotel and when training ended I would go to my room and spend all of my time on the phone. To leave everybody you know in France and come to a new country, that is not easy. But it got better because I realised I had the boss [Wenger]. He would speak to me all the time at training and that gave me motivation.”

When he went to Charlton, many felt it would be the prelude to a permanent departure. But not the player himself: “I believed my future was at Arsenal because the boss made it clear that he believed in me.

“He would say, ‘I told you to come here because I watched you play and I know what you can do’. I have improved working with him. Now he will say to me, ‘Remember when you first came here, your first touch?’ And I say, ‘Yeah, boss, I remember’.”

Let's sing our song. The Song song !!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle7009567.ece

Great man.
Arsenal cult hero in the making.

Like Titi, Robin, then Fabs... Song's another player who regards Arsene as a father-mentor figure. Now which other manager places so much faith in his players?

arsenal will win! we have chelsea & liverpool forces tonite!

and apparently also Denilson start for us 

let's hope he make me eat my word tonight