Charlie Nicholas
He wasn't a defender, but given that he was George Best's “best drinking buddy”, one might think he knows how to watch his back. This is what the old man said Gunner precisely, four years ago, in the podcast of Paddy Powerabout his former life alongside Best: “When I went to Arsenal I ended up making £100,000 a year. Life changed, a little, and I met the one and only George Best. George was a shareholder in a London pub called Blondes, believe it or not. I know this will surprise you. It was two guys from Manchester. Bestie was charged £500 a day to go there, because the clientele, mostly female, would have more than made up for the time George spent inside. (…) Life became very interesting for the young single person that I was. Champagne was obviously on the list, as were many other bad habits. I think I probably would have been very exposed if there had been smartphones back then. I could never have lived the way I did back then. »
