Ranveer Singh visited the Emirates Stadium for the Arsenal vs Chelsea sport and expressed his love for the Arsenal soccer membership, saying it was The Invincibles that made him an avid soccer fan.
The Bajirao Mastani actor, an envoy of the English Premier League in India, additionally met Arsenal legends Patrick Vieira and Cesc Fabregas pitchside forward of the Gunner’s 2022-23 conflict towards Chelsea on Tuesday.
In his Sky Sports activities interview, the actor mentioned, “Since we’re born and raised in India, cricket is type of like a faith for us. It’s in our blood, however after cricket, if there’s the rest, it’s soccer. Soccer is big in India.”
The five-time Filmfare award winner recalled how the EPL turned him and his entire era into soccer lovers.
“The English Premier League got here (in India) on the flip of the century, across the 12 months 2000. A complete era bought hooked onto this high-quality soccer. It was round then once I was watching The Invincibles play soccer. And that’s what made me fall in love with the game and Arsenal.”
The Invincibles was a nickname given to the 2003-04 EPL profitable Arsenal workforce which Ranveer’s favourite, Patrick Vieira, captained.
“My pal (fellow Bollywood actor) Arjun Kapoor is a model ambassador of Chelsea in India. And we maintain bantering about Arsenal vs Chelsea,” Ranveer added.