his agent called us friday to tell me it was happening, it was all so quick that i still haven't believed it to be honest. you cannot imagine how fucking awesome and what a gentleman gilberto is. you had to see his smile when he talks about the invincibles, you can see his eyes get brighter as he remembers his time at arsenal. what a fucking legend, lads.
it was a 20 minute interview, and i'll be translating and releasing it by next week i. just some highlights of what he said:
"as soon as i got to the team, they told me: gilberto, whenever you see that fella thierry running down the left wing, you RUN. just run mate, goalwards. he WILL get pass through everyone and deliver the ball, so you'll want to be there"
"when cesc got to the club, he had guys like campbell, pires, thierry, patrick to look up to. in the last few years, people had cesc to look up to. spot the difference? you need experience in football" (that's when i asked him why we won so much with the invincibles era and nothing with the cesc era)
by the end he gave us loads of autographs, and we gifted him an arsenal brazil shirt. he was going away and then came back to us and said "lads, would you mind signing the shirt you gave me? it would be a good reminder of this day for both me and you guys.
so basically yeah, i gave gilberto silva an autograph:
that's how fucking wicked it was
no need to say, he just got a legendary status almost as big as bergkamp's with me. what a cracking person
