It’s safe to say that my first impression of Hector Bellerin wasn’t a particularly good one. In the winter of 2011, I was at Barnet’s old Underhill ground to watch the Arsenal U-21s. A fresh faced, 16 year old Bellerin sat in front of me; having joined the Gunners that summer with teammate Jon Toral as part of the deal that saw Cesc Fabregas re-migrate to Barcelona (a very peculiar transfer when you think about it; “Here, have that academy graduate we plucked from you back in return for a wedge of cash and two more of your academy players.”) Perhaps one can forgive a 16 year old boy, sat shivering in a crumbling old stand, for not adopting a bolt upright posture and appearing...
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