Published: 1 November, 2012
by DAN CARRIER

DEFENDER William Gallas believes former boss Arsene Wenger is wrong to dismiss the Capital One Cup.
Long before Arsenal’s historic 7-5 win away at Reading, Wenger said that winning domestic cups is less important than qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.

But ex-Arsenal centre-back Gallas is adamant trophies are everything to a player, and that no competition should be treated lightly.

“For me, a trophy is something you lift at the end of the season and I know it’s a fantastic feeling,” he said.
“It doesn’t happen many times through your career, so for me to finish second or fourth isn’t the same as finishing top, as champions.

“It’s completely different. You feel different because you are the best team – the best player. You are so happy to lift a trophy – it’s the real thing to do. It is a long time since Tottenham have lifted a trophy and I don’t know which one we are going to lift.

“But for sure we want to lift one– any one will be pretty good so we will wait and see.”

Gallas also revealed his winning mentality was one that is very much shared by new boss Andre Villas-Boas. “The manager is a competitor – he is a warrior,” he said. “He wants to win everything. Every game, we have meetings and it’s the same – he wants to win, win, win!

“We want to finish the season well, so it is very important for us to try to win every game.”