David Seaman appoints Arsenal’s stars who refused to warm together | American football

David Seaman says his teammate Arsenal The goalkeepers Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia had such a poor relationship that they wouldn’t even warm up together.

Lehmann had been the first option in the goal for the gunners when he signed from Borussia Dortmund in 2003 until the end of the 2006-07 season.

It had been a successful moment for the German and his team, winning the Premier League In 2004, Fa cup In 2005 and losing in the final of the 2006 Champions League, when Lehmann was shown a red card against Barcelona, ​​with Almunia coming out of bank as a result.

In the 2007-08 season, the Spanish replaced Lehmann as the first option, with German relegated to the bank of the substitutes and did not like even a little.

Seaman remembers that his relationship was completely broken, to the point that Lehmann would not even fulfill his duties to help the first choice goalkeeper heat up before the matches.

“I remember, I think they were Jens Lehmann and Almunia, they didn’t like it,” Seaman said in a conversation with David Raya in Seaman says.

‘They didn’t talk. They would not warm up in warming, so the coach had to go and heating with them.

Almunia talked about the icy relationship at that time, saying that he did not receive any help from his teammate who was struggling to accept that he had fallen through the hierarchical order.

“He is one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, he used to play in great clubs, being an international and key player,” Almunia told the Spanish publication as. ‘But when you have done everything, it is difficult to admit that you are in decline.

‘It is a German classic, hard, one of those who just wants to win, and that is not possible all the time.

‘I respect him, but we don’t have much close contact to be honest. Besides, I don’t understand it; When he was playing, he was just behind him, by his side.

‘In Spain we are different: a good relationship between the goalkeepers is very normal, since they spend a lot of time together and do the same job. Lehmann doesn’t help me at all.

Lehmann did not hide his disappointment for the situation and even his disdain for his teammate who had replaced him.

“Being sitting at the bank behind someone who only started playing when he was 30 is not fun,” he said.

The German International said that seeing Almunia’s exhibitions in the goal enraged him and felt that his descent to Spanish substitute was a “humiliation” of the club.

“My coach confirmed my impression that he uses a different measurement stick to evaluate Almunia … when I see the performances in the field, I get angry and I have to press my fist in my pocket,” he said at that time.

‘At the moment, I’m just swallowing everything as part of humiliation. That is something that one has to take. But I think, and this is aimed at my dear manager, one should not humiliate players for too long. ‘

However, everything seems to be water under the bridge now, since Almunia spoke very positively about Lehmann in 2017, remembering the good times more than the bad.

“When time passes, you return and remember these things very well,” he said Goal.

‘I have to say that despite all the problems we had in the training field or challenging for shirt Players, how to look strong in the field.

‘I learned a lot from Jens. He is one of the guardians that I liked the most in my life. I was very lucky to share my time with him.

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