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Giovanni van Bronckhorst has admitted that Gilberto Silva finished his career with Arsenal, to cost him a spot in Arsene Wenger’s 2003/04 Invincibles Gunners team. Wenger originally signed Van Bronckhorst to replace Emmanuel Petit beside Patrick Vieira in Arsenal’s midfield. But the Dutchman arrived from Rangers on the back of suffering an injury towards the end of the 2000/01 term. He also later suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury. Van Bronckhorst cost Arsenal £8.5m to sign from Rangers in June 2001 after winning two Scottish top-flight titles. But his only Premier League title came in t…

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