I used to watch the Arsenal youth teams regularly but in approximately 2014, I stopped because, well, life I guess. When you watch the youth teams regularly you become very attached to the players that emerge from the ranks- especially if you happened to tip them for the top. I watched plenty of Hector Bellerin in the U-21s and always felt he had an excellent chance of breaking into the first team. I was consistently effusive about the talent of Serge Gnabry and still feel a sense of strange avuncular pride to see him playing so well for Bayern Munich. Somehow you feel a sense of vicariousness and, undoubtedly, ego that a player you invested in became successful. (Really, you just sat in a...
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