Our training ground is across the hedge from
Arsenal. There was smoke and you could smell it.
He usually starts his day at five thirty
AM: two hours before Guardiola.
He planted a one-hundred-and-fifty
year-old olive tree outside his office
to symbolise the history of the club
and the responsibility to look
after the roots every single day. From
using a lightbulb during a pre-match
team talk to create electricity and
energy, to hiring professional
pickpockets during a pre-season dinner
and adopting a chocolate-coloured labrador
called Win, no stone has been left unturned.
From After bonfires, bulbs and a dog called Win, will Arteta get Arsenal going again?
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