Told to p*** off by Thierry Henry at 16, getting spiked during a wild night at a London nightclub and fighting Emmanuel Adebayor on the pitch at Spurs... the mad cap world of Nicklas Bendtner and his crazy career at Arsenal is laid bare in new book

Nicklas Bendtner had a rollercoaster nine-year career with Arsenal.

The Danish striker's new warts-and-all book blows the lid off his time under Arsene Wenger at one of English football's top clubs…

May 2005

I sometimes forget, after arriving at Arsenal as a 16-year-old, that I’m only on trial with the big guns. During one training session, we play a match with some rather unusual rules. It’s 11 on 11, but each player can only make a maximum of two touches at a time. I’m in a position to see Thierry Henry touch it three times.