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title: "Flamini talks Hery & Bergkamp"
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author: "Adam Hamdani"
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published: "2015-06-19T10:25:38Z"
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# Flamini talks Hery & Bergkamp

French midfielder Mathieu Flamini has been speaking to [Arsenal Player](https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150618/flamini-memories-of-henry-and-bergkamp) about his earliest memories at the club, which include playing alongside the supremely talented Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp.

Both went on to leave the club as Arsenal legends, with statues outside the Emirates Stadium and Flamini says that it was a ‘pleasure’ to play alongside them.

31-year-old Flamini broke onto the Arsenal scene at the age of just 20 and went on to make 153 appearances for the club, before leaving the club for AC Milan, however the defensive minded midfielder made less than 100 appearances during his five years at the club and returned to North London on a free transfer.

Flamini said to Arsenal Player: *“With Bergkamp and Henry there, there was a lot of class and so much quality.*

*“It was impressive to play next to them and pleasurable. Just looking at them playing was a great lesson in football.*

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*“I learnt to work. Work is very important and they were giving everything in training. Every little game was a fight, every little game was important to win and since then I have felt the same. Every game has to be won. The winning mentality is something that I remember well.*

*“I was very impressed because they were already top players and it was a chance to be with them every day, play with them and learn from them. I was feeling lucky but I wanted to be part of that group.*

*“I believed I was good enough to play with them but of course you have to work hard and raise your level to their level. You want to be able to play next to them and satisfy them, especially when you play in a little game. You have to give everything and make sure you’re at their level.”*