Nicklas Bendtner was something of an oddity, never quite as bad as many would harshly want you to believe but nowhere near as good as he himself would tell you. Arsenal would pluck the promising striker from his native Denmark as a 16-year-old, and Bendtner would impress at reserve level, prompting Arsene Wenger to initially give him opportunities in cup matches. The player would soon find himself on the fringes of the first team and by the age of 19, he would already have Champions League goals to his name and famously broke his Premier League duck with the winner in the north London Derby in 2007. He would also find his way into the Danish national team, scoring against the likes of...
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