Freddie Ljungberg

“That's what it's all about. To play better. To win. There's nothing else to it.”

“I am not that shy.”

“The Swedish team plays very differently from Arsenal. There is more freedom with Arsenal and they play a passing game.”

“I do my job - I don't try to seek the spotlight; that's not my way.”

“I'm really excited by this opportunity to continue helping develop and work with some of the great young players we have coming through in the first-team environment and to work alongside Unai and his coaching team to help Arsenal win trophies.”

“When you play against a Spanish team, especially Madrid, it is quite an open game.”

“I've always been interested in clothes and shopping, and I have a few friends who work in fashion.”

“I played team handball when I was a child. It is a very brutal sport.”

“Every time I sprinted 100 per cent, my hamstring broke. But I knew if I didn't sprint 100 per cent, I could keep on playing, so that's what you do. I was just lucky it was discovered in America and I haven't had one problem since. I feel I can run past people again and that feels nice.”

“But I'm constantly surprised by the amount of interest in how I look. It's flattering, but a little weird - at the end of the day, I'm a footballer.”

“As a child I could lie in bed and do absolutely nothing for hours but once I decided to do something, big or small, I could not stop until it had been completed.”

“The important thing for me is we want to keep the ball, we want to have the ball because we are Arsenal football club.”

“אני לא חובב גדול של חדר כושר.”

“שיחקתי כדוריד קבוצתי כשהייתי ילד. זה ספורט מאוד ברוטלי.”

“אמרו לי שלאמריקאים לא אכפת מכדורגל וככה זה.”

“כשהלכתי לארסנל, אנשים בשוודיה אמרו שהמשחק שלי מתאים יותר לספרד או לאיטליה.”

“מועדונים תמיד רצו לקנות אותי במהלך הקיץ, אבל תמיד נשארתי נאמן כי רציתי להישאר בארסנל.”

“כשאתה משחק נגד קבוצה ספרדית, במיוחד מדריד, זה משחק די פתוח.”

“מה שאני אומר בחדר ההלבשה תמיד נשאר שם.”

“Some people thought I was crazy when I quit Europe to go to the U.S., but for me the quality of life and the place I live is important.”