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Servette FC of Switzerland left-back Gael Clichy spent one season with the first team squad at Cannes in his native France before he left the club to sign for Arsenal in 2003. He spent almost a decade with the Gunners and it was the most productive spell of his career in terms of the years spent at a single club.

Apart from Cannes and Arsenal, Gael Clichy also played for clubs like Manchester City in the Premier League, Turkish Super League champions Istanbul Basaksehir and his present club Servette.

Legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger played a big role in him signing for the Gunners in 2003. Gael Clichy was part of the Arsenal squad that went unbeaten throughout a single season. The Gunners didn’t taste a single defeat as they won the title during that season.

Since the North Londoners went unbeaten during the 2003/04 Premier League campaign, no other team has repeated the feat in the Premier League era till date. That Arsenal team is called the Invincibles.

Gael Clichy was part of the Invinciblesas he set the record as the youngest winner of a Premier League medal at the age of 18 years and 10 months. He was the deputy for England international at Arsenal until he became the first choice left-back at the start of the 2006/07 season. His best season at Arsenal was the 2007/08 campaign. Clichy played in all the 38 league games and his impressive performances for the Gunners was rewarded with a spot in the PFA Team of the Year.

Clichy won two major honours at Arsenal before leaving the club after eight years in 2011. Apart from the 2003/04 Premier League title, The French national team player also won the 2004/05 FA Cup title with Arsenal.

Gael Clichy played for the French youth teams at all levels before featuring 20 times for the senior team over a five-year period. The ex-Arsenal and Istanbul Basaksehir left-back didn’t enjoy the best of times at senior level on the international football scene as he was always overlooked by the French national team managers.

Gael Clichy received several call-ups to the senior team in 2008 but he didn’t make his debut for Les Blues until the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Serbia in September 2008. He was in the starting line-up for the Tunisia and Austria games in October 2008. The Tunisia game was an international friendly, while the game against Austria was a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

He then failed to represent his country for over a year before being named in the 30-man French provisional squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa by then manager Raymond Domenech. Gael Clichy made the cut for the tournament as he was the second choice left-back behind first choice Patrice Evra as part of the 23-man squad named by Domenech. France endured a torrid tournament as they finished last in Group A of the tournament. The French players revolted against their manager after Nicholas Anelka was suspended from the squad during the tournament.

Clichy played the final World Cup game for France in South Africa and it ended in a 2-1 loss to the hosts. The entire French squad including Clichy was then suspended for the international friendly game with Norway. Clichy was also part of the French squad that got to the quarterfinals at Euro 2012 before they were eliminated by eventual winners Spain. Clichy had started the final two group games for Les Blues and he was also in the starting XI for the 2-0 defeat to Spain in the quarterfinals.

Servette defender Gael Clichy has revealed that he had an offer from an unnamed team in Scotland before opting to sign for Servette in the top flight of Swiss club football. Gael Clichy disclosed the offer from the unnamed Scottish club in a recent interview monitored by popular British newspaper Daily Record.

Gael Clichy also said that he received offers from clubs in England and Belgium. He went on to talk about his decision to sign for Swiss club Servette. The 35-year-old snubbed the offers from Belgium, England and Scotland in favour of Switzerland. Gael Clichy has signed for Servette in Geneva, Switzerland despite being vocal about the use of an astro turf pitch by two clubs. Ex-Arsenal and Manchester City left-back Clichy had earlier mentioned that he could have stayed with Istanbul Basaksehir and played Champions League football this season. He was part of the squad that won the Turkish Super League title at the club last season. Gael Clichy left Istanbul Basaksehir at the end of his contract shortly after he had won the Turkish title with the club.

Servette defender Gael Clichy has revealed that he had an offer from an unnamed team in Scotland before opting to sign for Servette in the top flight of Swiss club football. Gael Clichy disclosed the offer from the unnamed Scottish club in a recent interview monitored by popular British newspaper Daily Record.

Gael Clichy also said that he received offers from clubs in England and Belgium. He went on to talk about his decision to sign for Swiss club Servette. The 35-year-old snubbed the offers from Belgium, England and Scotland in favour of Switzerland. Gael Clichy has signed for Servette in Geneva, Switzerland despite being vocal about the use of an astro turf pitch by two clubs. Continue reading CLICHY REVEALS MYSTERY SCOTTISH OFFER

Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has insisted that the Gunners’ current manager Mikel Arteta can be like the club’s former and greatest manager Arsene Wenger but raised the question of whether the Gunners will be willing to stick with him and give him enough time.

Arteta is currently enduring a mixed season coaching Arsenal and has suffered more than he has enjoyed this season on the hot seat. His Arsenal side are currently struggling and remain in mid-table after their stalemate against London rivals Crystal Palace at the Emirates stadium.
However, Clichy believes that if Arteta could be given enough time, he will turn things around entirely and will be ready to compete for titles in the nearest future as long as he is given the backing.

Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has insisted that the Gunners’ current manager Mikel Arteta can be like the club’s former and greatest manager Arsene Wenger but raised the question of whether the Gunners will be willing to stick with him and give him enough time.

Arteta is currently enduring a mixed season coaching Arsenal and has suffered more than he has enjoyed this season on the hot seat. His Arsenal side are currently struggling and remain in mid-table after their stalemate against London rivals Crystal Palace at the Emirates stadium.
However, Clichy believes that if Arteta could be given enough time, he will turn things around entirely and will be ready to compete for titles in the nearest future as long as he is given the backing.
Continue reading GAEL CLICHY MAKES ARTETA AND ARSENE WENGER COMPARISONS

Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has insisted that the Gunners’ current manager Mikel Arteta can be like the club’s former and greatest manager Arsene Wenger but raised the question of whether the Gunners will be willing to stick with him and give him enough time.

Arteta is currently enduring a mixed season coaching Arsenal and has suffered more than he has enjoyed this season on the hot seat. His Arsenal side are currently struggling and remain in mid-table after their stalemate against London rivals Crystal Palace at the Emirates stadium.

Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has insisted that the Gunners’ current manager Mikel Arteta can be like the club’s former and greatest manager Arsene Wenger but raised the question of whether the Gunners will be willing to stick with him and give him enough time.

Arteta is currently enduring a mixed season coaching Arsenal and has suffered more than he has enjoyed this season on the hot seat. His Arsenal side are currently struggling and remain in mid-table after their stalemate against London rivals Crystal Palace at the Emirates stadium.

However, Clichy believes that if Arteta could be given enough time, he will turn things around entirely and will be ready to compete for titles in the nearest future as long as he is given the backing.

Arteta has not been Arsenal manager for that long, but he has already won the club the FA Cup and the Community Shield in the first few months of his Arsenal career, something Clichy believes is progress. The fact that the Spanish coach worked under his compatriot Pep Guardiola at Manchester City made people place expectations on him as they expected him to play the Manchester City pattern and challenge the big teams in the league for the top 4 positions.

However, that has not been the case, and Clichy has weighed in on the matter. According to Clichy, Arteta is still very young when compared to his fellow managers at other big clubs. He added that the pressure that comes with being a number 2 (referring to Arteta’s time as Guardiola’s assistant) is an entirely different one from the one that comes with being number 1.

He concluded by saying that the Arsenal board should also support the manager by releasing funds for him to sign his choice of players with.

French defender Gael Clichy has disclosed the reason behind his exit from Arsenal almost a decade ago. Clichy broke into the Arsenal first team as a teenager and was part of the Gunners team that went through the Premier League season without a single defeat. The feat happened during the 2003/04 Premier League campaign as the Gunners won their third Premier League crown after the 1997/98 and 2001/02 title wins.

Clichy spent almost a decade at Arsenal before his exit from the club in 2011. He has given the reason for his departure in a chat withthe official podcast of Arsenal. He revealed why he made the decision to leave North London for Manchester City in the summer of 2011. According to the ex-France international, a change in philosophy at the club pushed him closer to the exit door. Gael Clichy said that Arsenal decided to shift their focus to British players.

French defender Gael Clichy has disclosed the reason behind his exit from Arsenal almost a decade ago. Clichy broke into the Arsenal first team as a teenager and was part of the Gunners team that went through the Premier League season without a single defeat. The feat happened during the 2003/04 Premier League campaign as the Gunners won their third Premier League crown after the 1997/98 and 2001/02 title wins.

Clichy spent almost a decade at Arsenal before his exit from the club in 2011. He has given the reason for his departure in a chat withthe official podcast of Arsenal. He revealed why he made the decision to leave North London for Manchester City in the summer of 2011. According to the ex-France international, a change in philosophy at the club pushed him closer to the exit door. Gael Clichy said that Arsenal decided to shift their focus to British players.
He made 264 appearances for the Gunners before heading for Manchester City some nine years ago.

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Premier League side Arsenal had a long stretch of regular appearances in the Champions League under former coach Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman made a fad of always finishing in the Top Four even when the club experiment with youth didn’t win titles and things didn’t always go according to plan. Then with more competition in the league, Arsenal became a fixture in the Europa League.

Premier League side Arsenal had a long stretch of regular appearances in the Champions League under former coach Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman made a fad of always finishing in the Top Four even when the club experiment with youth didn’t win titles and things didn’t always go according to plan. Then with more competition in the league, Arsenal became a fixture in the Europa League.

After more experiments with coaches, Arsenal is looking like a mid-tier team in the English topflight league. Under Mikel Arteta, it seems the Gunners will lose out on Europe at the end of this season. They sit in ninth positon with three games to go. With fixtures against champions Liverpool, and relegation-threatened sides Aston Villa and Watford, the Gunners will not have it easy as they wrap up the season. Continue reading ARSENAL SET TO LOSE OUT ON EUROPE AND MORE

Manchester City have held talks with the representatives of Bayern Leverkusen midfielder, Kai Havertz, according to a report from Bild. The German youngster, who has represented the Die Mannschaft seven times is also reported to be a target of several top clubs across Europe. He is allegedly a target of seven clubs.

Manchester City have held talks with the representatives of Bayern Leverkusen midfielder, Kai Havertz, according to a report from Bild. The German youngster, who has represented the Die Mannschaft seven times is also reported to be a target of several top clubs across Europe. He is allegedly a target of seven clubs.

Aside Manchester City, the other neighbour in Manchester is also credited with an interest, alongside Juventus, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Barcelona.
Chelsea tried to sign the player in the January transfer window, but they could not agree a deal with his parent club. Frank Lampard has not added a new player since he took over the reins in West London. The club was serving a two-window sanction when the legendary midfielder took over. The ban was halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last December. Chelsea made several attempts to sign players to bolster the squad in January.
Continue reading CITY CLOSE IN ON KAI HAVERTZ

Nicklas Bendtner at 32 is at the twilight of his playing career but away from the field he has found a new calling and is set to star in his own reality television show alongside his model partner, Philine Roepstorff.

According to a report from Danish publication dr, the show ‘Bendtner and Philine’ is commissioned by Discovery Networks and will hit the big screens in the spring.
The former Arsenal Striker joined Copenhagen in 2019 but he has since left the club. Bendtner is currently without a club.
Continue reading BENDTNER TO STAR IN REALITY SHOW WITH PARTNER

Benjamin Mendy was bought to replace Gael Clichy at Manchester City but the left back’s form has left much to be desired.
Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and former Manchester United forward Michael Owen has lashed out on the French man for giving Manchester City’s advantage away to Wolves in a match that saw the Citizens beaten in front of their whole fans and in effect, put an end to their title challenge.

Kolarov remains the best man t flank Manchester City’s left back position and ever since the veteran left for Roma finding a likewise reliable wing back to manage such an important position has been harder than Manchester City thought.
AdamaTraore was the one who bullied Mendy off the ball deep inside Manchester City’s penalty box, deep inside injury time but no one felt sorry for Mendy just like Owen and Redknapp given the degree of silliness the French man had to display to make such a mistake in a tough physical league like England’s.
Continue reading OWEN AND REDKNAPP BLASTS MENDY