"Emirates Stadium is his legacy," said Ken Friar. "He poured six years of his life into this stadium. He devoted all his time day and night to it. I think it's true to say that, without Danny's work, Arsenal might not be playing football in this Borough. Danny would want me to say that there was an army of people involved, it wasn't just two people. But he led that team and did a magnificent job. Danny did an enormous amount for this Club. He came on the Board in 1992 and he was a visionary Director. He and I became very close friends, we travelled to all the away matches together and in the year 1999 we first embarked upon the new stadium project. He and I were delegated by the Board to lead that and I really could not have had a better person to work with. He was highly intelligent, he was good at everything he did and I was very fond of him. He was a very special man and he will be dearly missed."
"It is a very sad week because we closely followed his battle and I want to pay tribute to his absolutely extraordinary courage," said Wenger. "The way he fought the illness was absolutely amazing and sometimes I wondered where he found the strength and desire to fight it. For the Club it is very sad news because he was a very influential man behind big decisions. He was always a big influence and you had to be impressed by his huge intelligence and his capacity to analyse every single problem. For the Club it's a big loss.".
DANNY FISZMAN 1945-2011 - PICTURE GALLERY
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