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Bensebaini lifts lid on failed Arsenal transfer and Chamakh friendship

In 2015, Ramy Bensebaini was training and impressing with Arsenal's first team as he looked to secure a dream transfer after impressing on loan in Belgium with Lierse.

Striking up a friendship with Marouane Chamakh off the pitch and working hard on it, Bensebaini was ticking all the boxes to make a move possible.

While a number of Gunners coaches liked what they saw from the young defender, his lack of European passport would sadly derail his hopes of a transfer.

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Though still in some doubt over exactly why Arsenal couldn't make a move happen, Bensebaini looks back on his brief time with the club fondly and recalls one player taking him under his wing.