"Of course it hurt me because I knew it wasn't just my fault. I didn't leave for no reason. I didn't go to Arsene Wenger and say 'I want to leave'. There was more to it.
"It happens in football now, I've seen it happen to a lot of other players. It's life, I moved on, they moved on.
"I do feel sometimes a little bit sad because it was my club, I played there since I was nine. To have that ill-feeling from the fans, still, is hard sometimes."
About 5 grand a week, istr
Fair enough. I always felt the not-being-made-captain would've injured him more than the money. #WengerOut
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."