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Arsenal head coach Arteta said: "Freddie has been a really important member of my team since my arrival. He did a great job picking the team up when Unai left and we all have per cent respect for him as a man and a coach.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. Arsenal technical director Edu, a former team-mate of Ljungberg added: "We're really sad to see Freddie leave as we know how much he loves Arsenal.
Now he has the opportunity to consider other options, and it makes sense for his career at this time. Follow all the news and analysis on Sky Sports News and across Sky Sports ' digital platforms, including with our dedicated Transfer Centre blog.
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It was an amazing feeling — any anxiety I had felt before I came on the pitch just disappeared. We had waited a long time to make that move. I had made my debut for Halmstad at 17, but some big teams had come in for me even before that, and then again when I was By the time I was 20, I wanted to be a regular in the Swedish national team. I had enjoyed a good season with my club and we knew of some clubs that were interested, including Arsenal.
He was so convincing. We talked for a long time about how he saw football, how he wanted to play the game. Winning was important to him, but so was respect. Something just clicked in me; I had to sign. It was a new country, a new club, but I learned quickly that it was a strong environment. You needed to perform to be accepted.
Before joining Arsenal , I had played my whole life in central midfield or as a No10 in a Now, I was at the champions in the best league in the world. We knew that the step up would be big, and even more so playing on the right or sometimes the left of midfield. I had never really played in either position, and in my first year I felt I was still learning. As a number 10, playing more centrally, I could peel off, drop away from my marker, get the ball, isolate and go past him on either side.
I had to learn, and I wanted to prove that I could do it. That summer, I decided to knuckle down and learn the position. Football in England was so physical and I was a small player — but I always tried to play with energy, I was quick and I loved one-on-ones. Now, as a coach, what warms me most is helping players to succeed.
As a youth coach at Arsenal, the important thing for me was to teach them certain things that would act as stepping stones to getting them ready for the first team. He did the right things at the right time — crossing at the right time, dribbling at the right time, hitting the right teammate at the right time. Even at a young age, you could see that Bukayo was doing the right things — and I have been lucky to coach so many young players like him, with that desire to get better. I feel very proud to see them progressing.
The summer after my first season at Arsenal, Thierry Henry signed from Juventus. We were the same age and became good friends — and I think coming to the Premier League from a different country, as I had done, it took him a year to adjust. The tackling was different and the football was so physical; at times, it was almost a relief to play in the Champions League. Martin Keown has spoken about how he kicked Thierry a lot in training, to prepare him for the physical aspect of English football.
A smaller striker — someone like Michael Owen, for example — might not have enjoyed a centre-back like Sol Campbell using his size and physicality to hold him off. As a young player myself, playing with guys like this was amazing. I wanted to be in a competitive environment, to learn from these amazing people and players — and, at Arsenal, they were everywhere. Look at someone like Manu Petit, who I have always thought was so underrated. Amazing player, amazing personality.
On that left foot, he could ping the ball wherever he wanted. Alongside him, Patrick Vieira was a great leader — a player who spoke when it was needed, but who led more through how he played, which was full throttle. Football was more physical at that time, too. Tackles used to fly in, but Patrick was so tall and strong — he could always get to the ball if there was a slide tackle, and he used his size to his advantage in every sense.
I would say the same about Dennis Bergkamp, who I loved playing with. He liked to drop back into deeper areas, which allowed me — and, in later years, Robert Pires — to roam a bit freer.
He was such a great technical player, but also much bigger than people thought and very physical. Dennis knew how to protect himself, and defenders found it so hard to push him off the ball. And then there was Highbury. Whenever I invited friends to games there, I gave them tickets close to the pitch and told them to watch the pace of the ball. The pitch was so small — much smaller than the Emirates — and the fans were just on top of you, so we loved it.
Everything had to be so much quicker.