'That first season was like a dream for me'

He would go on to become one of our greatest-ever goalkeepers, but David Seaman very nearly missed out on the opportunity to join us at all.

The former England international - who will play for Arsenal Legends against Real Madrid on Saturday - was at QPR in 1990 when George Graham came calling - but an unfortunate injury nearly scuppered everything.

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"The season before I found out that I was going to be joining Arsenal, I got a chance to join them," Seaman told Arsenal Player. "It’s weird because that same morning I’d spoken to a certain Alex Ferguson, who said that he wanted me to go to Manchester United and then Arsenal came in…