Jens Lehmann To have such huge desire was his quality. He was a player who was ready to die to win.

Lauren Fantastic personality, underestimated player for me. Top quality and a real fighter as well.

Kolo Touré Massive passion for the game, technically much better than everybody thought he was, and a happy boy as well. He brought such enthusiasm to the team.

Sol Campbell A deep thinker. When you get to war you can stand next to him. All these players were very intelligent but as well Sol was a strong personality.

Ashley Cole A regret of my career. He left on a misunderstanding between his agent and the club. A fantastic fighter as well. The rest of his career has shown how big a player he is. It should have been here.

Freddie Ljungberg Another strong personality, very focused to win. He was an unbelievable fighter. Even in the Champions League final against Barcelona he was immense. He could find resources even when he was dead because of his fighting.

Patrick Vieira One of the legends of the club. I think I owe him personally a lot because he was the first player I brought here and he gave me a lot of credibility. He had all you needed. The charisma, the class, the fighting spirit. He is just Patrick.

Gilberto Silva He is, for me, class. Modesty, humility, on a human front a top-class person. He was ready to sacrifice himself for the team. You need that screen player in front of the defence who is ready to do the dark and dirty work for other people.

Robert Pires Robert is as well one of the legends of the club. A top-class football player, and the smiley killer. He killed you with a smile – but he killed you. Give him a football, you have him on your side the whole day.

Dennis Bergkamp Dennis is the science, the intelligence, the charisma. A strong character, very determined, super professional. I have seen Dennis from the first to the last day of his career focusing on every single pass. Dennis was the intelligent perfectionist.

Thierry Henry This guy could do absolutely everything. What symbolises Thierry are those special goals – the goal he scored against Liverpool, or the goal he scored against Real Madrid. He was Usain Bolt with a top football talent.

Extracted from Invincible: Inside Arsenal’s Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season by Amy Lawrence, published by Viking on 23rd October at £16.99 © Amy Lawrence 2014