Bergkamp: Arsenal’s Golden Era, Wenger Influence & Title Hopes | The Overlap Exclusive
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this exclusive episode of The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, Ian Wright sits down with his former Arsenal teammate Dennis Bergkamp for a special catch up and proper football chat.
The two look back on their time at Arsenal, sharing memories from one of the club’s greatest eras and what life was really like in that dressing room. Dennis also gives his thoughts on the current Arsenal side, the pressure that comes with a title challenge, and how today’s game compares to when he was playing.
They talk through Dennis’ career, from moving to England and working under Arsène Wenger, to the art of finishing, the strikers he admired, and whether he thinks his game would suit modern football.
There’s also a look at international football, the Netherlands team, and the managers who had the biggest impact on his career.
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00:00 - Intro
09:48 - Goalscoring
28:38 - Teammates
46:09 - Managers
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:02.0 | Yes, you can indeed. |
| 0:04.0 | Take it, I'll come back. |
| 0:06.0 | Right, perfect. |
| 0:07.0 | Beautiful. |
| 0:08.0 | Lovely two set. |
| 0:09.0 | They got ale grey? |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:11.0 | Of course they do. |
| 0:12.0 | So I'll take some of them back. |
| 0:14.0 | It's a right. |
| 0:16.0 | This is proper posh, |
| 0:18.0 | El Grey as well. |
| 0:19.0 | Karen, look, there he is. There's. Go ahead. |
| 0:36.9 | He's got two minutes. It's not like him. |
| 0:41.7 | Oh, here we go, here we go, here we go. |
| 0:42.8 | There we go. |
| 0:44.5 | Okay. |
| 0:50.0 | The first time I met him was at petrol stations. |
| 0:50.7 | They were there. I was at Clackett Lane services and these big BMW 7 series and it was on the wrong side of the pump. And then I just remember parking, coming in, because I used to go down the M25 coming off at Junction 6, catering. And like he was on, it just came out of the fucking place. It was just like, there is, oh my God, ah! And then we said, oh my God, did you sign? He said, yeah, I just signed. And said, oh, I can't win. And that's where I first met him. Did you see someone come in there? Yeah, we're at the top of the stairs, but he's talking to someone, so I just thought, I quickly get you, your lemon water. |
| 1:30.5 | The goal is what you saw him score for IACs. |
| 1:32.7 | You know, it weren't just like tapping. |
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