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Per Mertesacker opens up on football 'burden'
Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has opened up about the "burden" he faces before a match as the German enters the final stages of his career. The 33-year-old, who is retiring at the end of the season, has been eased out of the Gunners fold by manager Arsene Wenger as he prepares to enter a management role with the club next season. Mertesacker told Der Spiegel that his "stomach turns round" ahead of a game, while he also comes close to vomiting. "Some days you realise that everything is a burden, both physically and mentally, but you have to deliver without a doubt, even if you are injured," the defender said. "In the moments before a game starts, my...
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