Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has been reunited with his Golden Boot award – among other memorabilia – after a collector bought it to return to him.

Wright, 57, lost a huge stash of trophies, shirts and mementos from his glittering career, including hat-trick balls and a commemorative jersey given to him by Arsenal.

Having fallen into the hands of a collector in the United States, the price being asked for meant it was prohibitively expensive.

“He’s obviously a very emotional and honest person, you can tell from how he is with everything on TV,” said Dale.

“There’s not really much of a filter, I don’t think, whereas other people are more media savvy and put on a certain persona. He’s just very much himself.

“We did think he’d have a good reaction to it and we weren’t disappointed.”