Arsene Wenger revealed he scouted Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg on television and decided to sign him after one devastating performance against England. The winger, who became an integral part of Wenger's Invincible side of 2003/04, was playing for his motherland of Sweden at the time in the Euro 2000 qualifier against Arsenal's centre back Martin Keown. It was that performance that saw the Swedes run out 2-1 victors and a young Freddie tearing Keown to shreds which was enough to convince Wenger to sign the attacker without seeing him live. “I saw Freddie Ljungberg giving a hell of a lot of problems to Martin Keown while watching him on television as he played for Sweden against...
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