Arsenal fullback Gael Clichy
admits Emirates stadium is still to capture the atmosphere of
Highbury.
He told BBC Sport: "Well, Emirates is a great stadium
with a great atmosphere but surely something is missing from
Highbury. I couldn’t tell what is missing but this ground was
really special and I only played there for a few years so I guess
for someone like you or Dennis Bergkamp it’s even more but when you
are coming here, walking down the tunnel, going onto the pitch,
waving to the fans and the game starts, you know you are going to
win whatever the game was, whatever the team. It was a really
special atmosphere.
“I was just thinking about it when the boss (Arsene Wenger) was talking and really for me my
stadium would be Emirates because I’m part of the new area and I
was there for the first game….the new team, the new generation. But
of course I had the chance to play in Highbury and there is a
little difference.
"The fans were closer here (at Highbury), it was a small pitch
with less people so that was different but of course, for me,
Emirates is something bigger like most of the players in this team
now.”