Ex-Arsenal Player Shares Story of Cleaning Kanu’s Boots but Couldn’t Do That of Anelka
- A former Arsenal star has shared some of his experience in the locker room with three of Gunners outstanding players
- The English-born player had an unsuccessful senior career with the London-based club before moving to Coventry
- The 43-year-old made a huge impact at Cardiff City, where he scored 41 goals in 116 appearances in three years
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An Arsenal academy product has caused a stir on the internet following his previous encounter with Patrick Vieira, Kanu Nwankwo, and Nicolas Anelka.
Vieira joined Arsenal from AC Milan, Nwanwko from Inter Milan, while Anelka moved from Paris Saint-Germain.
The former Wolverhampton Wanderers star faced disciplinary action following his face-off with his youth coach, Don Howe.
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Bothroyd shares encounter in locker room with Arsenal legends
Jay Bothroyd opened up his experience with Arsenal legends Patrick Vieira, Kanu Nwankwo and Nicolas Anelka.
In a post on Facebook, the former England U16 player explained that he had zero issues cleaning the boots of Patrick Vieira and Kanu Nwankwo because of their achievements before joining the club.
He explained that doing Anelka's chores did not go down well with him, looking at their age difference. He said:
"I was on Patrick Vieira, Kanu Nwankwo and Nicholas Anelka. To be perfectly honest, I didn't mind doing Vieira and Kanu but I felt a bit of a way doing Anelka's because he's like two or three years older than me.
"So I'm thinking he ain't better than me why am I cleaning his boots for? You should be cleaning mine; that's my mindset. I'm like I don't want to do that and to be fair to him, I went to him one day and I said, 'Give me your both I'm going to clean them'. He went to me saying, 'Jay don't worry, I clean my own boots'.
"And I said to him, 'Are you sure?' and he was like, 'Yeah, these are my boots, i'll clean my boots'. That's when I was like, now I respect him."
Patrick Vieira won three Premier League titles, Nwankwo won two Premier League titles, and Anelka won one Premier League title with Arsenal, per Arsenal Insider.
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Fans react
Daniel Gorrick said:
"Bothroyd nowhere near....he's in the same conversation as Todorov, Henrik Pederson and Benni McCarthy.....Anelka 15 tiers above him."
Kyle Bloomfield wrote:
"Then he moved for a world record fee to Madrid 🤡."
Ivan Marsh added:
"Anelka was a baller! Only gooners remember Bothroyd an average player."
Adam Hill said:
"Young Anelka. Was brilliant. Different league to him."
Brian Carter wrote:
"Probably thought he was better than Henry as well 😂😂😂."
Nwankwo reacts to Arsenal's draw vs Manchester United
Legit.ng earlier reported that Arsenal legend Kanu Nwankwo has praised his former team over their draw with fierce rivals Manchester United on Saturday, January 30.
Both teams approached the cracker coming with contrasting results as Arsenal defeated Southampton 3-1 while United were stunned 2-1 at Old Trafford by relegation-threatened Sheffield United in their previous fixtures, respectively.
Source: Legit.ng
