Kanu Nwankwo proud of playing for Arsenal

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Former Nigerian international, Kanu Nwankwo, told Arsenal FC’s press that he was proud of having played for the club.

Nwankwo who scored 44 goals in 198 appearances for the club left it following the 2003/2004 football season.

‘I’m very, very proud and so pleased I was part of this team,’ he said to the club’s press. ‘It’s not easy to keep that record and it’s not easy to have a team full of such good players.

‘The supporters should be proud too, because we got what we wanted together that season.

‘Being a part of that, and one of the players in that team, is something that I will be happy about for years and years and years to come.

‘I still speak to the other players from that team – Thierry, Robert Pires, Ray Parlour, most of them. I see them when I can as well, when I come to watch Arsenal.

However, the former skipper did not know he would never play for the club anymore after that season.

When he was asked whether he knew it would be his last season at the club during the interview, he had replied as follows:

‘No, not really. You know what your contract says, of course, but anything can happen, and anyway that’s not your focus.

‘Your focus is to do well, give your best and think about the trophies you can win. So really it was like any other pre-season for me, I was focused on what we could achieve with the team.’

Nwankwo is reportedly still a familiar visitor at the club. You can read the full interview here.