‘Lord’ Nicklas Bendtner the Arsenal cult hero has opened on BBC’s podcast about his struggles at Arsenal and how he was down over £400,000 pounds in just one night. Bendtner was a player with insane hype about his potential but never never seemed to reach even a percentage of that.
The North London Derby is always such an important match in the Premier League and offers amazing bragging right with Nicklas setting the record for fastest scoring substitute in Premier League history, scoring an rapid 1.8 seconds after coming onto the pitch. He will always be a legend for Arsenal for doing this when they needed him the most.
He speaks of his struggles with pressure and his addiction to the rush of gambling while speaking to Steve Crossman on the BBC 5 Live podcast.
"In one night I was down 400"
"400,000?"
"Yes"
"Pounds?!"
"Yes"
Nicklas Bendtner confesses to excessive gambling whilst at Arsenal.
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Gambling can be such a crippling addiction and has affected so many families across the world so for anyone reading this that feels they have a problem, please do reach out and speak to those around you. It will get better.