Arsenal of Invincibles from 2003-04: in which are they now

Left at the bench at some point of the 2006 Champions League final, Bergkamp retired after the fit. His testimonial against Ajax opened the Emirates Stadium in July 2006 and began two years far from the game. Joined Ajax as a coach in 2008, alongside Bryan Roy, Ronald de Boer and Jaap Stam, transferring up from the underneath-12 to below-19 groups and, as Frank de Boer’s assistant in view that 2010, prevailing 4 successive titles. Wrote a exquisite autobiography with David Winner in 2013, Stillness and pace, Bergkamp back to the Emirates ultimate February to unveil his statue out of doors the ground.

Dennis Bergkamp - P21(7) G4

Moved to Portsmouth inside the summer season of 2006 and stayed for 3 seasons, triumphing the FA Cup, earlier than making a preposterous decision to enroll in League  Notts County after being supplied the football equal of a bag of magic beans. Rejoined Arsenal after playing one recreation for County and left for a season at Newcastle wherein he played best seven instances. Campbell spent a year in limbo looking for a club and retired in 2012 a few months brief of his thirty eighth birthday whilst there had been no suitable takers. Now he’s no longer a lot a pundit, he’s a ways too grand for that, as a one-guy soccer commentariat. His objections to Labour’s proposed mansion tax have caused discussions over a campaigning role with the Conservative birthday celebration and to him placing his £25m Chelsea home up for sale.

Sol Campbell - P35 dreams 1

Left for Manchester town in 2011 for an undisclosed charge expected at £6.5m and has gained  most appropriate League titles and the League Cup at the Etihad in the past 3 seasons. Nonetheless most effective 29, he signed a brand new 4-year agreement with metropolis ultimate 12 months tying him to the club until 2017.

Gael Clichy - P7(5)

Left Highbury on the cease of the floor’s final season within the summer time of 2006 in a participant-plus-coins switch to Chelsea that took William Gallas and £5m to the Emirates. Received one most fulfilling League title, 4 FA Cups, a League Cup, Champions League and Europa League during seven seasons at Stamford Bridge. Announced his global retirement with 107 England caps after being disregarded of the squad for what might have been his fourth global Cup, he joined AS Roma on a two-12 months contract where he has performed well until last Tuesday while he turned into taken off at half-time against Bayern Munich at five-0 down after being run ragged via Arjen Robben.

Ashley Cole - P32

Joined Robert Pires at Villarreal in 2006 for £2m and played 46 league video games in three seasons as the third-desire centre-returned. Had two years inside the Segunda division with Cartagena before retiring in 2011 on the age of 37. Studied for his education badges in Italy, Germany and Turkey.

Pascal Cygan - P10(eight)

Edu - P13(17) G2

Went to Valencia on a unfastened switch in 2005 on a five-12 months deal, staying for four for the duration of which he received the Copa del Rey in 2008. In 2009 he lower back to Corinthians as a player, retired in 2010 at 32 and a 12 months later became the membership’s director of football, a submit he still holds. Iran used Corinthians education base for the 2014 world Cup and Edu was drafted in via Carlos Queiroz, Iran’s supervisor, as an auxiliary instruct for the marketing campaign in Brazil.

Spent 3 seasons at Panathinaikos after being upfront launched by using Arsene Wenger in 2008. Won the Greek Double in 2010 and later that summer season the 2002 world Cup winner announced his global retirement after gambling for Brazil on the South Africa tournament. Moved domestic in 2011 for a season with Gremio earlier than rejoining Atletico Mineiro, the club Arsenal had sold him from, for a swansong that led to glory through triumphing the Copa Libertadores in 2013. Fronted a BT sport documentary - Gilberto Silva’s road to Rio – within the build-up to the 2014 international Cup. As a customer of the road League, a uk based totally charity arranging suits for homeless human beings, Gilberto’s movie targeted on the road infant world Cup, a purpose which he says “reminds him of after I performed at the streets”.

Gilberto Silva - P29(3) G4

Thierry Henry - P37 G30

Signed a 4-12 months settlement after the Champions League very last defeat in 2006, but left for Barcelona for £24m after simplest one greater season. Gained two la Ligas and the Champions League in three seasons on the Nou Camp, leaving for big apple purple Bulls within the summer time of 2010, in which he remains on the age of 37. Made an emotional homecoming to the Emirates on a two-month loan in January 2012, scoring his 227th and 228th dreams for the membership. Joined the BBC punditry crew for the 2014 global Cup and is suggested to be the difficulty of a bidding warfare among BT sport and Sky to cozy his broadcasting services lengthy-term

Left Arsenal at the age of 38 on the stop of the Invincibles season and played half of a season for Leicester town and 5 video games for reading earlier than retiring the following yr. Writes a column for the every day Mail, has coached at Arsenal, Newbury and Oxford university and is a fit of the Day 2 normal and BBC co-commentator

Different medal winners 

Martin Keown - P3(7)

Lauren - P30(2)

Joined Portsmouth on a 30-month deal in January 2007 for £500,000, however changed into used extra as a utility participant at Fratton Park because Glen Johnson at remaining commenced to fulfil his capability at right-again. He played inside the successful 2008 FA Cup campaign but ignored out at the final. Released through Pompey at the quit of the 2008-09 season in which he failed to play in a single aggressive suit, he returned to live in Spain. In March 2010 he performed 5 Segunda department fits for Cordoba after signing as a unfastened agent before retiring on the stop of the season in spite of being most effective 33. He makes occasional appearances as a l.  A. Liga analyst and is studying for an MBA at the college of Malaga.

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Jens Lehmann - played 38 games

Left the Emirates on a free switch within the summer time of 2008 for 2 seasons at Stuttgart earlier than retiring at the age of forty. Even as doing the sensible elements of his education qualifications at Arsenal within the spring of 2011, he came out of retirement following injuries to Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone, playing his 200th, and very last recreation for the Gunners, in a 3-1 away victory over Blackpool. He worked as an outspoken pundit for Sky Deutschland from 2010 and moved to RTL at the start of the present day season in which his bluntness contrasts definitely with the blandness of his eternal rival Oliver Kahn on ZDF

Moved to West Ham on the age of 30 in 2007 on an eyebrow-raising 4-yr settlement that changed into paid up after simplest a year and 26 appearances. The Sweden midfielder then headed west for 3 seasons in fundamental League soccer,  with Seattle Sounders and one with Chicago fire, spent six months with Celtic and completed up with 8 games inside the J-League for Shimizu S-Pulse in 2011-12. Ended two years of retirement as a roving ambassador for Arsenal and global charity in shape player in September by way of signing for Mumbai metropolis FC in the Indian wonderful League.

Freddie Ljungberg - P27(three) G4

Ray Parlour - P16(9)

The third veteran to depart in the summer season of 2004, Parlour moved to Middlesbrough on a three-12 months deal to reinforce Steve McClaren’s midfield alongside Gaizka Mendieta. Launched by way of Gareth Southgate in January 2007 with six months of his settlement remaining, he completed his gambling career with 15 Championship appearances for Hull before retiring for a profession in punditry and broadcasting with Sky, BBC and Talksport.

Robert Pires - P33(three) G14

Substituted after most effective 18 minutes of the 2006 Champions League very last in opposition to Barcelona for Manuel Almunia whilst Jens Lehmann become sent off, Highbury’s beloved ‘D’Artagnan’ walked off the pitch at the Stade de France with an entirely crestfallen countenance and never performed for the Gunners once more. Having failed to influence the membership to offer him a -year deal, he left for Villarreal inside the summer season of 2006, spending four seasons on the Madrigal. The membership finished runners-up in l.  A. Liga for the first time in their records in 2008 and released him  years later after they followed a youthful recruitment method. He trained with Arsenal at the beginning of the 2010-eleven season and joined Aston Villa on a six-month deal in November, gambling 9 video games for Gerard Houllier then retired to Rafina on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece. In 2011 he stated he was no longer geared up for retirement but did no longer get hold of any appropriate offers till 2014 when he signed for FC Goa within the Indian superb League. At 40 he’s playing as a retaining midfielder and, regardless of being the sufferer of some very agricultural tackles, he appears to be having a ball

Jose Antonio Reyes - P7(6) G2

Returned to Spain with actual Madrid in 2006 on a season’s mortgage then moved throughout town to Atletico who stumped up £9m to sign him on a four-12 months deal the subsequent summer. Returned to Sevilla in 2012 after eight years away and continues to be there, winning a third Europa League ultimate season after two with Atletico.

followed Emmanuel Adebayor to Manchester town in the summer of 2009 for £16m, blazing the trail to the Etihad for a move of former Arsenal stalwarts. Misplaced the captaincy after his first season with city and became banned for six months from March 2011 for failing a tablets take a look at after taking his wife’s nutritional complement. Played most effective 14 instances within the identify-triumphing 2011-12 season, failing to dislodge Roberto Mancini’s first-desire pair Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott, and 15 times in his final season. Liverpool fairly signed him on a -yr deal in 2013 because Brendan Rodgers well-liked his leadership qualities that he said reminded him of Jamie Carragher. Performed 20 times within the premier League remaining season and turned down a summer flow to Trabzonspor to look out a very last year at Anfield as a squad player.

Kolo Toure - P36(1) G1

Patrick Vieira - P29 G3

Gained the 2005 FA Cup along with his remaining kick of a ball for Arsenal inside the penalty shootout victory over Manchester United and joined Juventus for £thirteen.75m two months later. Completed first in Serie A in his handiest season at the Stadio delle Alpi however Juventus had been stripped of the name and relegated to Serie B as a punishment for his or her involvement in the Calciopoli scandal. Vieira left within the hearth sale, going to Inter for £6.5m, however his susceptibility to damage constrained him to a returned-up function within the three successive Scudetto prevailing campaigns underneath Roberto Mancini and Jose Mourinho. Finished his career with six months at Manchester metropolis, reuniting with Mancini, and came on as a overdue substitute in may also 2011 towards Stoke at Wembley to win his 5th FA Cup. Has been at town ever considering, with occasional forays into punditry alongside Roy Keane. Vieira is presently head of the elite development squad after  years earning his coaching badges as the membership’s football improvement government.

Like Martin Keown, he also left at the stop of the Invincibles season for 3 seasons with Lyon with whom he gained a hat-trick of French titles, 18 months at Rennes, six months with Marseille, the equal duration of time with Metz and, after a yr’s retirement, one remaining season with Nantes. Performed in France’s 2006 world Cup final defeat by using Italy, scoring in the shootout, and ended his worldwide career after that tournament with 92 caps. Is now the ambassador of the French affiliation of FootGolf.

Sylvain Wiltord - P8(four) G3