Ahead of City's visit to Emirates Stadium to tackle the Gunners in the Premier League, Dickov sat down with LCFC.com to remember one of the most admired strikers in Premier League history, a figure who netted 324 goals, including 185 in the famous colours of Sunday's opponents in north London.
Despite trials at Southend United and Brighton & Hove Albion, Wright's career did not take off professionally until a move to Crystal Palace in his early 20s, but he quickly made up for lost time.
By the end of his career, at the turn of the millennium, the Woolwich-born forward had become an England international, Premier League champion and two-time FA Cup winner. His time at Arsenal coincided with the emergence of future Foxes star Dickov through the north London outfit's academy and the Scottish striker was struck, immediately, by Wright's dedication to football.
"Wrighty, when he came into the club, I was a young kid in the reserves and he obviously came from Palace, but the first thing that hit me was his hunger for playing football," Dickov said.
"Ian Wright was, at this time, England's No.9, he'd just won the Golden Boot I think, scoring 30 goals. He was one of the top goalscorers in Europe and he would be the only person still at the training ground late. He'd just be finishing on his own and working on his game.
"I was fortunate enough for him to take me under his wing a little bit. He would show me as a young pro what it took to make a career out of it."
That personal tutelage from one of the game's very best inspired Dickov to emulate some of his traits and staying behind late after training to perfect his finishing became a regular occurrence throughout his career.
"He was always talking to me," Dickov added. "He was always helping me out. Just to see somebody who is at the top of their game working as hard as he did was something I took to heart.
"After watching him very closely every single day, the one thing I did every day in training, I made sure I was always the last one off the training ground. I wanted to stay out and I wanted to work hard and I wanted to improve myself and he would always talk to me about concentrating on what I was good at.
"That may sound a little bit silly, but people, especially nowadays, they tend to focus on things that they aren't good at and they are always trying to improve those areas.
"You've got to do that, sure, but it was more important for me to not try and be somebody else and just to concentrate on what I was good at, i.e. working hard, closing people down and using my energy to do well. If the best goalscorer in Europe stayed out every single day while everybody else had gone home, that was something I wanted to do throughout my career."
During Dickov's first spell at the Club, the Scot carved out a reputation as a battler who embodied everything Leicester supporters look for in a player who adorns the Foxes' shirt.
His waspish determination to fight for the badge and to give everything for the cause endeared Dickov to a whole generation of City supporters - and the roots of that on-field desire lead back to Wright.
"His enthusiasm was unbelievable," the 47-year-old continued. "But his will to win, whether that came from going through the Non League scene, was incredible.
"I think he was 22/23 before he actually made his breakthrough. He'd been working on building sites, but that hunger... he used to celebrate a goal in training as though he'd scored in the World Cup Final! He just loved scoring goals that much. And it was just infectious on everybody else in the team, you know, because some players prefer to save everything for when they're playing.
"But Wrighty made sure he'd have sheer enthusiasm on the training ground and on the pitch. He was a proper jack in the box, he would never sit still. You couldn't shut him up! He was always joking and laughing, but as soon as he stepped over that line, whether it be in training or in a game, it was just infectious. It rubbed off on everybody."
Dickov believes, as do many, that Wright should be remembered as one of the greatest players to ever represent Arsenal across the capital club's 134-year history.
Indeed, on Arsenal's official website, the popular former England striker is listed as the club's fourth best-ever player, eclipsed only by Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Tony Adams.
"He's right up there," Dickov added. "I was watching Premier League Years the other day and you forget that he scored all types of goals; he scored headers, he scored one-on-ones, he scored by running in behind, he scored volleys, with his right or left foot, he scored inside the box, outside the box... so if you ask him this, that wasn't by chance. That was all down to the work that he put in at the training ground.
"I remember doing a finishing session with him once where there were no goalkeepers. He was just hitting the ball into the back of the net and he would just say things like: 'Did you hear that?' And I'm thinking: 'Am I daft here? There's nobody else here!' And he would say: 'The ball hitting the back of the net, it's the best sound you'll ever, ever hear'.
"That just sums him up. He loved scoring goals."