{"id":13506,"date":"2026-06-02T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=13506"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:55:13","slug":"raya-rice-leah-and-more-talk-trophy-parade-quotes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=13506","title":{"rendered":"Raya, Rice, Leah and more talk trophy parade | Quotes | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stars of our men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams spoke to Frimmy and Nakeira West respectively at Sunday\u2019s trophy parade around north London.<\/p>\n<p>Amid scenes of wild celebration, plenty of players took some time to answer questions from our presenters on the special Live From N5 show, and you can see in full how they reflected on an amazing occasion below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martinelli<\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing season for us. These people have been with us the whole journey. It\u2019s amazing to share this moment with them and the trophy over there. I\u2019m really happy to see them that happy as well. There are no words to describe this moment. This is for the fans, for the staff, for everyone, for the players. We\u2019ve been trying to give our best on the pitch for us and for them as well. To be here today is amazing, we just need to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nwaneri<\/strong>: \u201cI was watching the Bournemouth game in my bed! Myles called me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis-Skelly<\/strong>: \u201cI woke him up, definitely!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Merino<\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s magical. I\u2019m very proud and happy to be back with this team, to be celebrating this title with the fans. I think it was a really hard season with ups and downs but we deserve to be here and enjoy it with our fanbase. It was a special day for me at Palace, coming back after a long injury. To feel like a footballer again and lift that trophy, winning the most important league in the world, it\u2019s been the perfect season and I can\u2019t ask for any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Havertz<\/strong>: \u201cARSENAL! ARSENAL! ARSENAL! ARSENAL!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Odegaard<\/strong>: \u201cIt feels amazing, it\u2019s been a while. We\u2019ve been working hard for this and to enjoy it with our people here is amazing. Let\u2019s hear from Kai!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Havertz<\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to be here. Let\u2019s just enjoy the moment now and be proud of ourselves. We waited a long time and I think\u2026 ARSENAL!\u201d<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"c1a7456e-b1b0-4f7b-a71a-379bbf6e53e9\" data-embed-button=\"video_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-video-embed-up-next-tray=\"default\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<p><strong>Raya<\/strong>: \u201cI trust every single player and they make my life much easier. Of course I try to be there for the team as always and this season, throughout the whole campaign, we have defended very well and that helped us to achieve what we have achieved. Winning three Golden Gloves in a row never crossed my mind but as soon as you get the first one you think maybe it\u2019s a one-off. Then when you get the second and third one, it\u2019s not just me, it\u2019s the whole team. It\u2019s crazy to think that we won it three times in a row and hopefully we can go for a fourth one! My mum says I\u2019m the brave one but I think her and my dad were the brave ones to let their son at 16 years old go to another country, to another culture, speaking no English, to pursue a dream. I have to thank them because if it wasn\u2019t for them I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice<\/strong>: \u201cThey pointed and they laughed. They\u2019re not laughing anymore! I\u2019m honestly speechless, I\u2019ve lost my voice. I love this team, I love this manager. To see the joy we can give people, it\u2019s crazy, but next year we\u2019re coming back for more. Lock in or get locked out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Williamson<\/strong>: \u201cI\u2019m a fan so I\u2019m just as much enjoying the men\u2019s celebrations but it\u2019s so nice. They\u2019ve had a really successful growth journey over the last few years so to be here today, you can see how much the fans mean to us and we mean to them. I think it says a lot about the club that players stayed in one place for so long, how sad they are to leave and we\u2019re sad to lose them. It makes room for somebody else to come and make that their journey, so I hope that\u2019s what younger girls in the squad see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. 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