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Almunia reveals bootroom visit on first Arsenal day

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 03:46

Manuel Almunia has revealed how he spent his first day at Arsenal - visiting the club's boot room!

The Spaniard has since racked up 155 appearances for the Gunners.

But he recalled on Arsenal TV Online: "I asked one of the staff at the training ground to show me the boot room.

"I went to the boot room to see the boots of the players I used to see on TV. I touched all of the boots, of Ljungberg, Pires; I was impressed.

"My first impressions were that I was in another world, I was dreaming. Even in Spain at Real Madrid and Barcelona they did not have anything as good as this training facility."

On his first days at Arsenal, Almunia added: "It was a bit hard because I came from a low team to a team where everybody is an international and known around the world.

"But being natural and polite to the people and giving a good impression you can go anywhere."

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