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I’m so excited to be joining Arsenal. It’s a fantastic club, and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity of playing football at the highest level.
I just want to be able to be an attacking influence and have that effect further up the pitch; whether that’s from an attacking midfield position or one of the wider positions coming in, I’m not too fussed.
When I used to come to Anfield as an away player, I always knew it was going to be a hard game, no matter what kind of form your team was in.
When a big player leaves, a big player leaves. You’re at a big club like Liverpool, another big player will come in the future.
When I’ve watched teams that play with five at the back and wing-backs, I’ve looked at their starting positions and positions out of possession because that comes a little bit more unnaturally to me.
Getting stronger and fitter by playing games is only going to help me.
You have to believe in yourself. If you don’t, no one else will.
I play where I’m told to play.
The more positions I can play, it gives the manager a nice headache, and it can be helpful for him.
Obviously, there’s times in your career when people doubt you.
I am the type of person who relishes the chance to stand up and perform under pressure; I have had to do that my whole career.
Obviously, everyone goes in the gym and does the biceps bells and the bench press, but when you’re injured, you work on your core, your pelvic floor, your groins, on glutes, and muscles you wouldn’t really know about. It does make you a stronger player all round in terms of injury prevention.
Growing up, I played more centrally, which is why, whenever I do get asked to play there, I’m more than happy to do that.
I want people to like me, and I care what they think.
I am old enough and wise enough and I have been around long enough to know that things will be said – and not nice things a lot of the time. And when you are doing well, nice things will be said.
Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.
If there’s a shot on, I like to take the opportunity as well, and I like passing the ball – which is one of the reasons I came to Arsenal. But I’m a player that likes to come up with an end product – whether that’s a goal, an assist, or helping the team to get good results.
At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.
Whenever you’re playing on the pitch, you have to step up to the plate and perform.
When you have a good bunch of youthful players, it’s good to start them off together earlier rather than later, as they build up friendships.
It takes time to settle in and learn a new formation and style of play.
I’m always learning from the boys around me.
To be picked for your country at any stage is a massive honour, and to be at a huge tournament likes the Euros is such a bonus.
You become more aware of your body when you go through a long injury. You work on things you don’t know about until you get injured, so different muscles.
I’ve had loads of kicks over the years, and I’m not really too fussed about them. I get kicked, and I don’t like to roll around or anything. I like to get back up pretty quickly, even if it hurt.
There is always room for improvement, and I have always grown up knowing however well I have done, there is always something I could have done better.
To do well at a new competition, you need a lot of good performances.
When my dad was still playing, he was away for five years on and off, so it just used to be me and my mum at home until my little brother came along when I was five.
My dad had a soccer school that he used to run, the Mark Chamberlain Soccer Academy, I used to go to that for two years until the age of seven.
Obviously, the big teams create the bigger atmosphere around the stadiums.
Ever since I’ve been at Arsenal, we’ve had numerous quality players, and the whole squad had been very strong. It just seemed that in the big games we came up short sometimes, and you wonder why.
I can take so much from someone like Mo Salah.
To beat City twice is no easy feat.
In the long run, it’s probably better to tie yourself down to one position and really become established in one area to be as good as you can in that position.
You want to play as much as possible, but I am not the type of character to go bursting walls down.
I just say I’d like to be an attacking midfielder.
My senior school didn’t play football. It was a rugby and cricket school, and as I was on a sports scholarship, I was forced to play rugby.
Versatility is an extra string to a player’s bow.
It’s nice when you know the crowd are on your side. I can only repay them by working my hardest when I do get on and trying to impress them.
People at school used to assume I was going to be a footballer, and it wasn’t until I got to 16, when I was at Southampton, that I had a doubt for the first time in my life. Southampton said I wasn’t big enough, but it was just because I hadn’t grown. Simple as that.
I’ve played on the wing in some games and found myself in the middle for five or 10 minutes when others drift wide. It’s about creating chances, scoring goals and helping the team win.
FA Cup or league – we look to win every game.
My dad always pushes me, tries to make me do better, and maybe that’s what gets the best out of me. He’s tried to instil that in me.
I am really close to my mum. She always made me do my school and make sure I got all my grades. She is a physiotherapist, which is a massive help to me, so in terms of nutrition, she was the one who made sure I was eating all the right food, and I can only thank her that she kept me fit and healthy.
When there’s a lot of talk about a team that should or could be winning things, and it’s not happening, it can become a little bit frustrating.
You see the likes of the Barcelonas and Real Madrids, and you always want to play against them and, obviously, Bayern Munich too.
It’s a mutual respect, especially a player like Neymar, a player of a similar age to me and someone I’ve got massive respect for what he’s done in world football.
All that I can say is that, from my point of view, our manager Arsene Wenger is an unbelievable man off the pitch and as a manager.
I’ve played so many games of football now, and even though it is at a higher level, at the end of the day, football is football. You are just playing with better players.
Any chance I get, I’ll try and take with two hands.
If you are good friends with someone, you get to know them better and their strengths and weaknesses. You have that respect for each other, and you learn the way one another play.
I always hear commentators talking about squads that have been around and that have won things; they always mention the experience of winning and knowing what it takes to win. They have only got that through winning trophies and winning competitions.
Throughout your career, you will always be asked to play slightly different positions here and there, and obviously, the needs of the team come first, so if you need to fill in at a different position, you’ll be expected to do that.
I’m quite confident to take people on – if there’s a one against one, I’ll definitely take it on if I feel I can get a cross in or set someone up.
My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He’ll watch me play and, if I’ve done well, he’ll have a quiet word with me and say, ‘Well done.’ If I’ve had a not-so-good game, he’ll let me know about it.
Spain have got a big influence from Real Madrid and Barcelona, and when you watch Spain play, it’s almost like watching Barcelona or Real Madrid at times.
Clubs will lose great players, and great players will come in.
When I played in goal at Stamford Bridge, I realised that’s not my best position.
I’ve got a lot of very fond memories playing football from the ages of four.
I remember watching David Beckham scoring that free-kick at Old Trafford to take England to a World Cup. Things like that stick with you. I was at Southsea, waiting to board a hovercraft for the Isle of Wight. We ended up missing it because we were more interested in watching the big screen.
All managers make decisions, and sometimes they are right, and sometimes people say they are wrong.
When you’re a young lad in a team like Arsenal, you feel like, of course, you deserve to be at the club… but you’re on the periphery, and there are world-class players and more experienced players around you.
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