Quotes from Freddie Ljungberg

Real Madrid's Bernabeu was an amazing stadium to play in. It was just on top of you, and such a big stadium.

You can be yourself in London. If you are a bit different in the way you dress or look it is no problem.

Clubs have always wanted to buy me during the summer but I have always stayed loyal because I wanted to stay at Arsenal.

What I say in the dressing room always stays there.

If there's a back door somewhere, I take it. I try to get about without being noticed.

One thing I've learned is that you have to be open-minded.

I played against Ashley Cole all the time in training. For me, he is the best left-back in the world. He was the hardest opponent and I had him every day in training.

I am not particularly disciplined, but I am stubborn like few.

I felt Arsenal had let a lot of players go. When Thierry left I felt it was time for me to do something different and challenging.

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

There were a lot of reasons why I wanted to leave Arsenal.

I have always dressed to please myself, not other people. I don't care what they think.

I had a coach when I was younger who encouraged me to be myself, that is where I was lucky.