Thierry is an Arsenal legend and I had an opportunity to spend time with him when he was a coach at the academy.

Reiss Nelson

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For me, I always want to be the best player I can be.

best me i-can want

I can speak a bit of German.

german bit i-can speak

Arsenal are my boyhood club.

club boyhood arsenal

You can't beat playing for your country I don't think.

your think you country

I want to be an Arsenal legend.

legend arsenal want

When you play with the older people it helps you mentally, because they're bigger and stronger than you. You have to live up to that.

live you stronger people

You grow up faster in a place where anything goes.

grow-up grow place you

We would go to the football pitch near my estate and play until it was dark.

go dark play football

Arsenal is my main goal.

main arsenal goal

In Germany it's more physical. It's a lot of aggressive runs in behind and getting into the box.

behind box more aggressive

Alex Iwobi has told me to stay grounded. I've got a really good family that helps me as well.

stay good me family

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.

down think me family

I'm a really big UFC fan.

ufc really fan big

MMA is something that I may want to get into after football.

something get want football

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.

manager something me always

It was hard to leave my boyhood club Arsenal, it's still my dream to play for Arsenal, but I know I have to put that on hold and go and play abroad to get some experience in Germany.

go know experience dream

I just go with the flow, you know.

go know you flow

You need to shoot to score the goal. If it goes wide, you just need to keep going and keep your head up.

your need you keep-going

You can have a bad pass or a bad shot, but you need to do this to take the risk.

need bad you risk

That's the thing with football: you have some good games, you have some bad games but the main thing is that you go back, you recap and next week you're ready to fight again. That's the main thing.

fight good you football