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30 years on: Dennis Bergkamp signs for Arsenal

June 20 is the anniversary of perhaps one of our most significant transfers - Dennis Bergkamp.

The Dutch master arrived in north London from Inter Milan in 1995 and across his 423 appearances he was pivotal to a new style of football at Highbury, finding the net 120 times - many of ehich were simply breathtaking.

His arrival signalled a daring change in outlook from the men in charge at Arsenal. George Graham had been replaced by Bruce Rioch and ‘Boring, Boring Arsenal’ was to be replaced by something altogether more beautiful. Bergkamp was the catalyst.

Of course Rioch’s Highbury sojourn came to an abrupt end and in September 1996 Arsène Wenger took the reins.