Editing Dennis Bergkamp (section)

===Aviophobia===
Bergkamp's nickname is the "Non-[[Flying Dutchman]]" due to his [[fear of flying]]. Contemporary sources believed that this stemmed from incidents with the Netherlands national team at the 1994 World Cup where the engine of the plane cut out during a flight,<ref name = "fear revealed">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2280779.stm|title=Bergkamp's fear revealed|date=25 September 2002|access-date=12 December 2011|work=BBC Sport }}</ref> and when a flight was delayed because a journalist made a joke about having a bomb in his bag.<ref name="flying">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-bergkamp-admits-to-flying-phobia-1356877.html |title=Bergkamp admits to flying phobia |date=5 October 1996 |access-date=28 May 2016 |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> In his 2013 autobiography, Bergkamp stated that his phobia was in fact caused during his first season at Inter Milan, in which the team regularly travelled to away games in small aeroplanes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Sam |title=Dennis Bergkamp autobiography reveals rows with Arsene Wenger that marred his latter days at Arsenal |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dennis-bergkamp-autobiography-reveals-rows-with-arsene-wenger-that-marred-his-latter-days-at-arsenal-8837562.html |access-date=12 June 2018 |work=The Independent |date=25 September 2013}}</ref> Bergkamp decided he would never fly again after the 1994 World Cup, but did consider seeking psychiatric help in 1996:<blockquote>I've got this problem and I have to live with it. I can't do anything about it, it is a psychological thing and I can't explain it. I have not flown on a plane for two years. The Dutch FA has been sympathetic, so have Arsenal, so far. I am considering psychiatric help. I can't fly. I just freeze. I get panicky. It starts the day before, when I can't sleep.<ref name="flying"/></blockquote>

The condition severely limited his ability to play in away matches in European competitions and to travel with the national team. In some cases, he would travel overland by car or train, but the logistics of some matches were such that he would not travel at all.<ref name="fear revealed"/> In the build-up to Arsenal's Champions League match against [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] in February 2001, Wenger spoke of his concerns for Bergkamp travelling by train and car, because of the exertions involved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2998733/Wenger-might-quit-Arsenal-over-EU.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2998733/Wenger-might-quit-Arsenal-over-EU.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Wenger might quit Arsenal over EU|first=Christopher|last=Davies|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=12 February 2001 |access-date=12 December 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>