Jamie Brooks should have been a household name by now — immortalised forever as part of Arsenal ’s greatest-ever Invincibles’ side.
You might not have heard of him. But the former striker, now 36, could have been bracketed alongside such greats as Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira.
Or even Robert Pires – whom he was earmarked to replace. But the reason why Jamie Brooks never fulfilled that dream lies in a set of circumstances that snatched him from the steps of the Emirates to an intensive care unit where he was fighting for his life just TWO DAYS before he was due to join Arsene Wenger’s all-conquering squad.
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