When you have a year left, in January, you are allowed to talk to other clubs and sign a pre-contract or have an agreement. “But I am not going to come down from the level I have reached. I met with Gerard Houllier at Melwood, and agreed everything verbally. Caption: LEVEL BEST … Wright equals Cliff Bastin’s record with the equaliser against Bolton in 1997Getty Images6The duo reunite two years ago at Wembley and share a jokeJust his voice alone oozed self-assurance and intelligence — a strong feeling that here was a man who was fully in control, a manager who wanted to guide you, not push or pull you. ball skillsWatch ALL?the goals from the Premier League before anyone else for FREE plus all?the latest news, fixtures and results and?live match commentary all on the go with the?new Sun Football App – click here to downloadThe Sun. They were two of the ‘fab five - which also included Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany and Sergio Aguero - which for so long was the spine of their team. Sunderland swapped Patrick Van Aanholt with Jason Denayer in the warm-upThe FA wrote: This cardiac screen was not?? part of the FAs cardiac screening programme. If you scored a goal or two it was always ‘nice one, Wrighty. PA:Press Association5Chuba Akpom starts for Arsenal in League Cup win and wants more first team acti. We were all at the stage of our careers where we were looking to move on in a different direction and this unknown Frenchman clicked with us immediately.