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Former Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy joined the club at a young age, but went on to have a good career in the Premier League. The Frenchman was one of several Arsenal players who moved to Manchester City over a decade ago, alongside the likes of Samir Nasri, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure. Clichy came into the Arsenal squad during the Invincibles era, having taken the place of Giovanni van Bronckhorst, and was initially an understudy to Ashley Cole. For a teenager to play ahead of one of Arsenal’s greatest left-backs was always going to be a difficult task, but Arsene Wenger nevertheless ens…