DENCH! How Frimpong upped the fashion stakes with his tribute to Dame Judi...



Footballers have often paid tribute to friends and family over the years by displaying their names on garments worn underneath their match shirts.



But Emmanuel Frimpong has gone one step further.



For the eagle-eyed inside the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday for Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City, they would have noticed the midfielder displayed a vest that seemed to be in honour of Dame Judi Dench.



It says Dench, Samir: Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong shows Nasri his latest design on Tuesday night at the Emirates

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selling their gear

It is part of a range the 19-year-old is started selling last August along with UK rapper Lethal Bizzle. They have already sold 10,000 garments in the first month.



And there is something for everyone. Men and women of all ages can purchase their ‘Dench’ numbers and after (presumably) complaints from household pets, cats and dogs may have their own in future, too.



Not one to miss out on a marketing opportunity. The Gunners star showed his business acumen to promote his new range by picking a verbal fight with former team-mate Samir Nasri after the Carling Cup quarter-final – ensuring photographers would catch what no one saw outside of N5.

Of course ‘dench’ is also a slang word used to describe something in a positive light, but we highly doubt Frimpong would make a shirt on that basis over one of Britain’s finest ever actresses.

