A 22-year-old Arsenal supporter from north London celebrated the club’s first Premier League title since 2004. After sharing champagne outside the Emirates Stadium with Ian Wright, he and friends followed a rumour that Arsenal players were at the exclusive Tape nightclub in Mayfair. They paid an entry fee despite bouncers refusing confirmation, and quickly encountered Nicolas Jover, Arsenal’s set-piece coach. The supporter bought a costly table near a private room where most of the squad and manager Mikel Arteta celebrated. He saw Noni Madueke acting as the night’s MC and rapping for much of the evening, and he spoke with Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, who had returned from a loan at Marseille.
"Having found himself sharing a bottle of champagne with Ian Wright as thousands of supporters gathered outside the Emirates Stadium, the devoted Gunners supporter and two close friends took a gamble as the party was petering out. I had just heard a whisper, Bull says. That whisper was that Arsenal's players were gathering at the exclusive Tape nightclub in Mayfair after they had watched from the training ground as Bournemouth drew with Manchester City to crown the club champions for the first time since 2004."
"One of Bull's friends was reluctant to try their luck after the Tape bouncers refused to confirm whether the players were inside, but Bull paid what he describes as not the cheapest entry fee. His hunch was proved correct when they immediately bumped into Arsenal's set-piece coach, Nicolas Jover, the man credited with a pivotal role in the title success. I couldn't believe what was happening, Bull says. It's a very, very exclusive nightclub and we were the only Arsenal fans in there."
"Most of Arsenal's squad and the manager, Mikel Arteta, were celebrating in a private room, but Bull was able to buy a table nearby that he admits cost him and his friends a small fortune. It was only about five steps from the lower part of the club and we could see that Madueke was on the mic for most of the night; he was basically the MC, Bull says. He was rapping the whole night."
"A few players also wandered into the main part of the club and Bull remembers speaking to Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, who has just returned from his loan at Marseille. They were both really friendly, he says, before revealing that his Scandinavian fr"
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