Arsenal icon reveals he left club ‘for a woman’ and still regrets his decision

Arsenal icon Emmanuel Petit has revealed helium near the nine ‘for a woman’ and inactive regrets the determination helium made 24 years later.

Petit enjoyed 3 palmy seasons astatine Arsenal from 1997 to 2000 with the Gunners clinching the Premier League rubric and FA Cup trophy successful 1998.

But the Frenchman, 54, wishes helium stayed successful northbound London longer and could crook backmost the timepiece to halt himself from joining Barcelona successful the twelvemonth 2000.

Asked wherefore helium decided to permission Arsenal to articulation Barca, Petit told Stadium Astro that helium was impacted by his emotion beingness disconnected the transportation and said: ‘[It was] for a woman.

‘I ever loved Barcelona and [Real] Madrid, 2 of the biggest clubs successful the world. But I should person stayed with Arsenal, definitely.

‘You know, sometimes the writer is not greener determination else. It’s amended to enactment wherever you are erstwhile you person emotion and happiness and you are successful.

‘Why would you leave? Definitely [a large regret]. If I could crook the timepiece back, I would astir apt marque a antithetic decision.’

Former antiaircraft midfielder Petit, who present works arsenic a shot pundit, spent conscionable 1 play astatine Barca earlier helium returned to the Premier League to articulation Chelsea.

Meanwhile, Petit, who finished his playing vocation successful 2004, precocious revealed that he would emotion Arsenal to motion Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo 1 day.

‘If I could prime 1 Chelsea subordinate to enactment into the Arsenal team, actually, that would beryllium Moises Caicedo, definitely,’ helium told Instant Casino. ‘I would astir apt instrumentality Cole Palmer arsenic well, but I volition spell for Caicedo.’

Petit would besides similar to spot Arsenal instrumentality a punt connected Paul Pogba, who is gearing up for his long-awaited instrumentality from a doping ban aft the termination of his Juventus contract.

‘I did notation that Paul Pogba would beryllium a bully enactment for Arsenal, but it’s a gamble,’ Petit added.

‘He wants to beryllium that he’s not finished yet. What happened to him for the past 2 to 3 seasons was a nightmare extracurricular the pitch.’

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