Limpar: Graham ‘like Saddam’

Former Arsenal star Anders Limpar has claimed working under his old Arsenal boss George Graham was “like living in Iraq under Saddam [Hussein]”.

Swedish winger Limpar spent four years at Highbury, winning the title in 1991 and also collecting four other honours, before leaving North London in 1994.

Limpar recalled: “George Graham’s regime was like living in Iraq under Saddam. He sold me in April with my contract running out in May. I said: ‘I’d like to carry on playing for Arsenal and sign a new deal,’ to which he replied: ‘No, you are not.’ “So I said: ‘But I’ve won so many titles in four years for you, is that not enough?’ So we went in to his office and I had my agent with me and Graham is talking and says: ‘I have a really good offer from Man City so you are going there.’