Jens Lehmann has revealed he ‘all the time’ argued together with his Arsenal teammates regardless of their unimaginable success on the pitch.
The previous goalkeeper was a member of the Gunners’ Invincibles squad throughout the 2003/04 season.
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Beneath Arsene Wenger, Arsenal secured the Premier League title with out dropping a match as a part of their report 49-game unbeaten run.
Nonetheless, their success was not with out friction between the gamers, Lehmann has now revealed.
In addition to later clashing together with his fellow keeper Manuel Almunia, the German would additionally berate Thierry Henry in coaching.
Chatting with Drive, Lehmann mentioned his relationships together with his teammates in North London.
Requested if he was associates with Almunia, he defined: “After all not as a result of he was the one who took my place.
“So I wanted to regain that place. However I all the time had very tough relationships with my teammates on the pitch.
“For instance, I used to be all the time arguing with Thierry in coaching as a result of I stated to him, ‘run run run’ or with another guys as a result of in coaching it was about successful already.
“So you’ll be able to think about the connection wasn’t all the time the most effective one, not with Manuel however off the pitch it is a completely different story. And I informed him that off the pitch I actually favored him. Very good man.
“And he was stunned as a result of he was fairly younger and inexperienced and he thought I hated him however I did not. I simply needed to play and I made all the things that I might play once more.
“So as a result of I used to be the older one and extra skilled, generally I psyched him a bit of bit. It wasn’t truthful however generally it occurs in soccer.
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“Whenever you had a competitor you probably did your finest to play and never him. It is both me or him in soccer. That went for Manuel as properly.
“He was a incredible goalkeeper. I favored him so much. I informed him and since then we’re on good phrases.”
Almunia was introduced on in Arsenal’s Champions League remaining loss to Barcelona in 2006 after Lehmann was despatched off.
The Spaniard would go on to displace him as Wenger’s first-choice keeper throughout the 2007/08 season.
Lehmann made simply seven league appearances throughout the marketing campaign earlier than leaving for Stuttgart in his homeland in the summertime.
His departure ended his preliminary five-year spell with the Gunners, earlier than returning for the ultimate three months of his profession in 2011.
As for Henry, he and Lehmann made 145 appearances collectively for the membership.
The stopper even offered an help for Henry in a house win over Watford in 2006.
Collectively, the pair performed key roles in each the Invincibles season and the next yr’s FA Cup triumph.
Lehmann”s Arsenal trophy haul additionally contains the Group Defend, which he received in between the league title and cup successes.