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Real Madrid’s French midfielder Lassana Diarra has claimed to have learnt “nothing” from Arsene Wenger during his short-lived time at Arsenal.

In an interview with El Pais newspaper, Diarra said: “I have the impression that I never played at Arsenal. If you hadn’t reminded me of it, I would have forgotten about it. It is something erased from my head.”

Asked about any influence Wenger had on him, Diarra said: “Me? Nothing. With Wenger I learnt nothing. Well, he only taught me how to doubt everything.

“I played 15 matches. The relationship I had with him was not good.

“Wenger never spoke to me until I told him I was leaving. He spoke with the others but not me.”

Diarra signed for Arsenal from Chelsea in September 2007 but transferred to Portsmouth in January 2008 before joining Real Madrid a year later.

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