By Daily sports on October 28, 2020
Former Arsenal playmaker, Alexander Hleb says he regrets his exit from the English Premier League side.
Speaking in an interview with Arsenal’s “In Lockdown” Podcast on Tuesday, the winger and attacking midfielder admitted that his departure for Barcelona in July 2008 was a mistake.
“Of course, Barcelona at that moment was the best team in the world but I was really happy at Arsenal at the time,” the 39-year-old told the North London club’s website.
He added, “I had friends, I enjoyed the coach, I was playing for one of the best teams, the fans, the stadium, everything! The fantastic championship, the Premier League, everything!
“Why I left, I don’t understand. Barca, of course, was the best team at the time and everybody wants something to try but really, I was 100 per cent happy at Arsenal.”
Hleb joined Arsenal in June 2005 from VfB Stuttgart\ for a supposed €15 million fee. He managed to make 89 appearances in his three-year stay at the English outfit. Hleb retired from professional football in 2019. (Reuters)
•PHOTO: Alexander Hleb
Source Daily sports
Posted October 28, 2020
You may also like...
Boniface credits fans after Bundesliga Rookie award
Super Falcons: Dennerby Must Work Hard, Wake Up!...
Sepp Blatter accused of sexual harassment
Aston Villa Thrash Youngest Liverpool Team In Carabao...
Liverpool Gun For First Community Shield Title In...
El Clasico: Real Madrid Beat Barcelona To Top...
Nigeria beat Cameroon to reach IHF final
27 schools for Doregos Basketball Championship
Super Falcons to play France’s Les Bleues in friendly
_1.jpg)
SWAN suspends ban on coverage of Anambra FA activities
Joshua among boxing’s top three earners in 2024
Oshoala makes history with Bay FC
Nnamani hails team over IHF bright start
Flamingos lift U-17 W’Cup Fair Play Trophy
Rangers Intl, SWAN partner on sports collaboration in SE
LAGOS SWAN CELEBRATES AIG ZONE 2 ON HIS BIRTHDAY AND 30 DAYS IN OFFICE
Traders Cup: Upholstery Soccer Team Secured 2nd Win To Advance To Round Two
.jpg)
Lagos SWAN Celebrates Oba Akiolu, Iyaloja General, AIG Fayoade
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (55,142 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,269 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,350 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (43,991 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,932 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,879 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,718 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,289 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,333 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,036 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,489 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,916 views)