Julian Gray, 33, is a left-sided defender and midfielder who played for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Fulham, Barnsley, and Walsall. He has spent the past two years in the Cypriot top division with Nea Salamina.

‘Football’s the only profession I know where you hit 30 and people say, ‘ooh, I’m not sure’. They have doubts, just because of your age.

It should be about performance. Look at Ryan Giggs or Kevin Phillips. Science, technology, new diets, means footballers are still fit well into their 30s. I feel as good now as when I was 23, 24. I’m 33, but I’ve still got another three, four, maybe five years in me.

Arsene Wenger helped teach me the importance of diet, training, stretching. I was at Arsenal from eight years old, and he gave me my debut, away to Newcastle in the Premier League in 2000.

I came on for Kanu with 20 minutes left. I’d been training with the first team for a.... Read more
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