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Arsenal latest: Clichy reveal brush with death

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Clichy reveal brush with death

Gael Clichy has revealed how he his heart stopped for 15 seconds during an operation to sew back on a finger.

The Arsenal left-back survived the cardiac arrest when he was a 15-year-old apprentice at Cannes. He had the ring finger on his right hand ripped off when he attempted to jump over a gate during redevelopment work at the French club's stadium.

"The ring I was wearing became caught on a spike. Basically it was ripped off," Clichy told the Mirror. "I needed an operation to have sewn back on.

"Football and life can pass you by very quickly, as I know only too well - and I will always have this finger to remind me you should always enjoy today because you never know what may happen tomorrow.

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