Dennis Bergkamp reflects on 'very enjoyable' Arsenal career

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.