Iwobi vows to return to reckoning
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Alex Iwobi has insisted that he will return stronger at English Premier League club, Arsenal.
The Nigerian has been relegated to the bench Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger in recent matches following a string of poor displays for the club.
He has also had a spell with the club's under-23s this season.
Iwobi wants Wenger to stay
Iwobi dropped to Arsenal U23s
He missed five Arsenal games against West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Manchester City and Leicester City during this period.
The 20-year-old was howeve
r again on the bench in Sunday’s North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur as an unused substitute at White Hart Lane.
Iwobi is refusing to get downbeat, though, with the promising forward able to draw on past experiences, such as almost being released in his teens, to put his current situation into perspective.
“My journey so far has been a bumpy ride, so it’s something I look back on and say to myself,” he told the club’s official Magazine.
“If I can overcome things that I believe were worse than what’s going on now, then surely I should be able to overcome this.
“It’s tough, especially for the ones who almost get released, which I unfortunately had to go through. It makes you stronger.
“If you’re good enough and you apply the work that needs to be done and put in maximum effort then you’ll come through,” he said.
He has now set his sights on a return to the high notes he hit earlier in the season.
“I’m the type of person who likes to keep moving forward,” added Iwobi.
“You have to improve day by day and obviously we’re not doing as well as we believe we should be doing, so when the next challenge comes up we have to try to prove to the fans and prove to everyone at Arsenal what we can do.
“We have some big games coming up, so everyone should be pumped up. We need to prove ourselves in these games.
“We have to prove to everyone that we can play against these top teams.”
Iwobi has scored three goals in 24 league appearances for Arsenal this season.
The Nigerian has been relegated to the bench Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger in recent matches following a string of poor displays for the club.
He has also had a spell with the club's under-23s this season.
Iwobi wants Wenger to stay
Iwobi dropped to Arsenal U23s
He missed five Arsenal games against West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Manchester City and Leicester City during this period.
The 20-year-old was howeve
r again on the bench in Sunday’s North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur as an unused substitute at White Hart Lane.
Iwobi is refusing to get downbeat, though, with the promising forward able to draw on past experiences, such as almost being released in his teens, to put his current situation into perspective.
“My journey so far has been a bumpy ride, so it’s something I look back on and say to myself,” he told the club’s official Magazine.
“If I can overcome things that I believe were worse than what’s going on now, then surely I should be able to overcome this.
“It’s tough, especially for the ones who almost get released, which I unfortunately had to go through. It makes you stronger.
“If you’re good enough and you apply the work that needs to be done and put in maximum effort then you’ll come through,” he said.
He has now set his sights on a return to the high notes he hit earlier in the season.
“I’m the type of person who likes to keep moving forward,” added Iwobi.
“You have to improve day by day and obviously we’re not doing as well as we believe we should be doing, so when the next challenge comes up we have to try to prove to the fans and prove to everyone at Arsenal what we can do.
“We have some big games coming up, so everyone should be pumped up. We need to prove ourselves in these games.
“We have to prove to everyone that we can play against these top teams.”
Iwobi has scored three goals in 24 league appearances for Arsenal this season.
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