Freddie Ljungberg: Arsenal 2003/04, The Invincibles – Masterclass

SUBSCRIBE to Coaches’ Voice: Freddie Ljungberg joined Arsenal from Swedish club Halmstad in the summer of 1998, and in nine seasons at the club won two Premier League titles and three FA Cups. He is, however, most famously associated with the team known as The Invincibles, which under Arsène Wenger went through the entire 2003/04 Premier League season unbeaten. In this fascinating Masterclass filmed exclusively for The Coaches’ Voice, Ljungberg – who had a spell as Arsenal interim manager late in 2019 – gives a superb insight into that team from the rare perspective of one of its central figures. He reveals his initial struggles to adapt to playing in a wide role when he first moved to north London, having previously operated as a central midfielder or number 10, before going on to talk in detail about the set-up of the team and the roles each individual had in Wenger’s preferred 4-4-2 system. It’s a brilliant study of one of English football’s most iconic teams, delivered by one of