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‘George’s attention to detail was sensational’

When George Graham took over as our manager in 1986, he inherited a side that hadn’t won a trophy in seven years.

Yet when he left north London nine years later, he had transformed us into one of Europe’s most effective teams.

So how did Graham get his message across?

“I always felt that Tony Adams was the link, particularly in the week, where if you had a problem, you’d speak to Tony and he’d go to speak to George,” Nigel Winterburn said. “If the team had a problem, speak to Tony.

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“If George wanted to feed something out to the team, he’d probably go through Tony again.