Iwobi admits tough time at Arsenal 

Arsenal forward, Alex Iwobi has admitted to tough time with the adopted rotation policy at the north London club.

It would be virtually impossible for any player to continue progressing at the rate Iwobi did, but 2017 has posed the first serious test of the 21-year-old’s durability.

Having started 13 out of 14 matches in all competitions between mid-December and early March last season, Iwobi was sacrificed as manager Arsene Wenger reshuffled the Gunners in both personnel and formation.

After Wenger remoulded Arsenal into a 3-4-2-1 shape on April 17, the Gunners won nine of their final 10 games and lifted the FA Cup. Iwobi did not start in any of them.

“It was hard but something I had to learn from,” he said. “If you are not performing consistently at a club like Arsenal, then there are other players ready to take the opportunity — which I learned the tough way.

“I wasn’t involved as much as I wanted to be but I just had to be patient, still have the same attitude, work hard in training and wait for my chance again. That’s what I’ve been doing.”