by Abhinav Kini @https://twitter.com/@AbhinavMMA Published 5 min ago We are part of The Trust Project What is it? Robert Pires (Arsenal) Pires is the perfect example of a foreign player needing at least a season before coming good. When the Frenchman was signed from Metz in 2000, he initially took time to get used to the Premier League. He even said that the league was too physical for him, as he registered four goals and seven assists in 33 league games. It was the following season where Arsene Wenger’s faith in him paid off. Pires scored nine times and assisted another six in 28 league appearances, eventually helping Arsenal to a league double. So good were his performances, in fact,...
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