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When Thierry Henry was U19 coach at Arsenal he gave me a lot of advice. His main thing was staying grounded.
I went away in Germany and I think I did well. But the main goal for me has always been playing in an Arsenal shirt week in, week out.
Raheem Sterling is a role model to a lot of young lads coming through.
I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.
My family made big sacrifices but little gestures mean a lot. My sister took me to training when she was pregnant.
For me, I just want to take things as they come.
Unai’s very positive and always telling you to express yourself, but also he’s got that thing where he’ll tell you if you do something wrong.
You need to shoot to score the goal. If it goes wide, you just need to keep going and keep your head up.
My brother-in-law was a Tottenham fan. He introduced me to football and brought me to Tottenham. At the time I just wanted to play football so I would go anywhere to play.
I need to just keep training hard and getting all the information from the coaches and the players.
I have an elder brother who adores me and pushed me towards my goal. He just said ‘go out and play.’
Arsenal is my main goal.
You can’t beat playing for your country I don’t think.
You can have a bad pass or a bad shot, but you need to do this to take the risk.
I was nine years old, I used to play for a team in Catford. I would get up every morning with my brother, get on the train and travel to Catford three times a week.
We would go to the football pitch near my estate and play until it was dark.
In Germany it’s more physical. It’s a lot of aggressive runs in behind and getting into the box.
I got scouted for Tottenham and was there for three to four weeks before a phone call from Arsenal came. The first session they wanted to sign me so, happy days, I didn’t look back. I’m an Arsenal fan, everyone in my family is Arsenal, so it wasn’t a hard decision.
For me, I always want to be the best player I can be.
Whenever I think it’s getting a bit much I’ll go to my family and they will sit me down and bring me back to earth.
In Heidelberg, in Hoffenheim, there’s not much going on. I am so used to being around my London estate, so when I am here I am kind of lost in a different environment, a different area.
It’s a different style the way the German players play. I think the English players like to play a lot of one and two touch and we can find each other in the pockets.
It’s a great feeling to have a lot of big characters in the team who are willing to help the younger players come through and help them do well.
Being involved with the first team, be it in the Premier League or the Europa League, you just have to take it as it comes. You keep all the nerves inside and just play your normal game.
A loan wasn’t always my first option, but when I heard the Bundesliga and Hoffenheim was an option for me and working with the manager there, it was something I wanted to do.
I’ve got a group chat with my friends, and they were telling me I was blowing up on Twitter. I don’t really look into those things, though.
I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.
Thierry is an Arsenal legend and I had an opportunity to spend time with him when he was a coach at the academy.
I can speak a bit of German.
The main thing for me is getting in the starting eleven and making an impact whenever I can come on.
MMA is something that I may want to get into after football.
A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.
I want to be an Arsenal legend.