Pål Lydersen

Pål Lydersen (born September 10, 1965) is a Norwegian former football player.

A full-back, Lydersen played for I.K. Start, until being signed by Arsenal in 1991. However, he played only 15 games in two years for the Gunners before returning to his old club on loan; the move was made permanent in 1995.

Lydersen's stay at Arsenal was overshadowed after 1994, when it was revealed that his agent, Rune Hauge, had paid Arsenal manager George Graham a £425,000 "bung" for signing Lydersen and John Jensen, another one of Hauge's clients.

Lydersen went on to play for Sturm Graz in Austria and Molde, before retiring in 1999. He won 20 caps for Norway.