I won four league titles at Arsenal – but I still felt like an imposter at the club

Playing over 600 games for Arsenal and helping the Gunners win four league titles did little to help one of the club’s longest-serving players cure his imposter syndrome.

Lee Dixon establishe himself as one of Arsenal’s greatest ever defenders โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที during his 15-year spell at the club, making an incredible 616 appearances.

Dixon won the English league title in his first full season at Arsenal and playe in every game of their 1990-91 title triumph.

The right-back, who earne 22 England caps, won two more league titles after the division became the Premier League as well as three FA Cups.

Despite this impressive level of success, Dixon struggle to shrug off the feeling he did not belong at a club like Arsenal following his £375,000 move from Second Division club Stoke City.

Dixon spent two years at Stoke before being signe by ex-Arsenal boss George Graham in 1988 and going on to enjoy huge success at Highbury.

‘I always felt as if I was a bit of an imposter,’ Dixon admitte on the Seaman Says podcast with.

‘I’ll never forget talking to my dad. I signed for Arsenal and I said to him, “Honestly, I need to get my head right because I don’t think I’m going to be able to do this.”

‘And he was like, “what do you mean?”, I said, “It’s Arsenal and I’m playing for Stoke. I’m quite happy there in the Second Division but Arsenal, I can’t play there!”

‘And he went, “just get one game under your belt.” And I was like, right. So I made my debut and I said to him, “what happens now?” And he goes, you do 10 games.

‘That season, I playe six because I was cup tie. I couldn’t play in the cup final. So I did the 10 the following season.

‘And then I said, “what now?” And he goes, “Now we do 30.” He kept giving me these targets, so I churne 30 games out.