This Arsenal Invincible laughed at me when I first joined. I ended up replacing him in the starting XI

Former Arsenal right-back Emmanuel Eboue has admitted that legendary Gunners Invincibles star Lauren laughed at him when he first joined.

Eboue was not a big name when he arrived at Arsenal, joining as a youngster from Belgian club Beveren after catching the eye of Arsene Wenger.

The Ivorian looked like a promising talent, but he was always likely to struggle to get into Wenger’s starting line up with an experienced name like Lauren in there.

The former Cameroon international...