Martin Graiciar is still disappointed to have not secured a permanent move to Arsenal earlier in his career.

Monday’s edition of MF Dnes has published an interview with the player to review his career. The 26-year-old has already quit football since leaving York United at the end of 2022.

He had spells at Sparta Prague and FC Viktoria Plzeň’s academy, and Arsenal signed him on loan for their academy in 2015.

During the former forward’s time with the Gunners, he was part of their youth set up. He didn’t represent their first team.

The Czech was offered opportunities to train under Arsène Wenger, who was then in charge at the Emirates. This would have been possible had the Gunners made his stay permanent.

According to Graiciar, Arsenal agreed a €1.6m deal to buy him. After his loan spell, he returned to the north London club to join them permanently.

“Everything was agreed upon. I even flew to London normally for the second time, and Pilsen was supposed to receive 40 million koruna [€1.6m] for me at that time, which they were already planning to use for the reconstruction of the stadium. Arsenal promised me that I would be able...