Abou Diaby Visibly Emotional After Watching Arsenal Fans Talk About How Good He Could Have Been

In total, Diaby suffered 42 serious injuries during his time as an Arsenal player, including damage to his ACL ligament, five thigh muscle strains and 11 calf strains; not to mention two sprained ankles, three hamstring injuries and a concussion.

To put his injury woes into further perspective, the talented midfielder racked up 3,339 days at the Premier League side and spent 1,554 days [46.5 percent] of that time on the sidelines.

As you can see in the clip above, Diaby becomes visibly emotional after watching the reaction from fans.

"It can be painful, on a psychological level. They don't know how much I give every day of my life to try and recover. But hey, what can I do? This is my life story.

"A lot of things have been done over the last few years. Basically, it was big rehabilitation. I have worked a lot on the calf, on the scar tissue, on the knee problem, on the ankle problem."

"Of course it is the moment that killed everything," he added.

"That's where it all came from. It gave me a big restriction on my ankle and I overcompensated with other parts of my body. Before that, I'd never had a muscular injury, my lifestyle was good."

Smith managed to avoid a red card despite the severity of the challenge.

Diaby retired in 2019 at the age of 32 after 214 senior games.