IWOBI: I was told I won’t make it in football

Arsenal and Nigerian forward, Alex Iwobi  in this interview with Arsenal magazine, recalls how he was told that he was not good enough to play football and won’t succeed through the round leather game. It was an incredible season for you Alex, when did you first realise how big it could be for you? I think it was after my first start, in the FA Cup game against Sunderland at Emirates in January. I’d played a few games as sub, but I think everything changed from then really. It was at home, in a big competition and that’s when I started to get a bit of recognition. We won as well, so people took notice from then really. What performance were you most proud of? In my opinion my best performance was against Barcelona because I think they are the best team in the world. For such a young player to play in a game like that gave me a lot of confidence. You can’t get any bigger than that – Barcelona away – so to just be selected for that game means I am doing something right. Also I thought I did all right in the game as well, so that’s my favourite performance, even though we didn’t win.