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Wright - The story behind me wearing the No 8

When you think of Ian Wright, you think of him scoring goals for Arsenal in the No 8 shirt - but why that number? In conversation with Alex Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang filmed in February, our former record goalscorer revealed the story behind it. "With the No 8, when I was at Crystal Palace I was No 10, but when you came here to Arsenal, you couldn’t get a number," Wright told Arsenal Player. "I think the only person who got a number, and it was when George Graham left, was Dennis Bergkamp and Paul Merson gave it to Dennis.  "But when I came, Alan Smith was going to play in the game, that Leicester game when I didn’t know I was playing until the...
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