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Ahead of Manchester United’s clash against Arsenal, Paul Pogba has made a startling revelation.<\/p>\n

According to the former world most expensive player, he supported the Gunners while growing up because of Gunners legend, Thierry Henry.<\/p>\n

Pogba who was in the Manchester United youth set up as a teenager admitted he was in awe of the Arsenal team of those days because of Henry.<\/p>\n

At that time Henry was at the peak of his career and delighted soccer fans around the world with his performances.<\/p>\n

‘In France, they were very big – they had a lot of French players,’ he told\u00a0Football Focus.<\/a><\/p>\n

‘I was a big fan of Arsenal, Thierry Henry, I was watching him.<\/p>\n

‘I was a little fan, not a crazy fan, but I was watching a lot of Arsenal games.<\/p>\n

Manchester United head into this game at the Emirates in second position, four points ahead of their host.<\/p>\n

However, Arsenal have been rejuvenated this season and they head into this game on the back of three straight Premier League wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Manchester United’s clash against Arsenal, Paul Pogba has made a startling revelation. According to the former world most expensive player, he supported the Gunners while growing up because of Gunners legend, Thierry Henry. Pogba who was in the Manchester United youth set up as a teenager admitted he was in awe of the Arsenal team of those days because of Henry. At that time Henry was at the peak of his career and delighted soccer fans around the world with his performances. ‘In France, they were very big – they had a lot of French players,’ he told\u00a0Football Focus. ‘I was a big fan of Arsenal, Thierry Henry, I was watching him. ‘I was a little fan, not a crazy fan, but I was watching a lot of Arsenal games. Manchester United head into this game at the Emirates in second position, four points ahead of their host. However, Arsenal have been rejuvenated this season and they head into this game on the back of three straight Premier League wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\nThis Manchester United star supported Arsenal while growing up - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/this-manchester-star-supporter-arsenal-while-growing-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Manchester United star supported Arsenal while growing up - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ahead of Manchester United’s clash against Arsenal, Paul Pogba has made a startling revelation. 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