IWOBI- I have to call Ozil my ascendant figure!
The Nigeria international has revealed how his superstar team mates avail him ameliorate, including jests in the training ground and an incipient name for a certain German midfielder
Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi has revealed how Mesut Ozil makes him call him 'my ascendant figure' when he provides him with a goal.It was Arsenal's assister-in-chief Ozil who set him up for his first ever Champions League goal on Tuesday night, latching onto an Alexis Sanchez pass afore squaring the ball for Iwobi to tap in.
And the Nigeria international has revealed the moniker he is authoritatively mandated to refer to his team-mate as, as a thanks for his ingenuity.
"I have to call him [Ozil] ‘my boss’ because he availed me,” Iwobi told The Guardian.
The 20-year-old withal reflected on his elevate to prominance and his impressive Arsenal vocation to date, verbally expressing : " Life moves pretty expeditious. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"When I sit down and authentically cerebrate about what I have done, to score in the Under-19s a year ago and then to score my first Champions League goal for the senior team is mad."
And thanks to experienced colleagues such as Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, the 20-year-old is always vigilant who availed him get there.
“Alexis relishes to take the mick out of me when I don’t score in training. They are comical.
“They [his team-mates] will tell you what you require to work on but in a jokey kind of way. They do advise me, verbalizing I just need to compose myself, relax and the chances will come. They endeavor to avail in the best way they can."
Following his first goal in Europe's premier competition, Iwobi is in no mood to repose on his laurels or his most recent bumper contract.
“As a puerile kid earning so much, having a house and driving a nice car it is nice but it is something I keep level-headed about."
The challenge now, he verbalizes, is to reach the caliber of productivity provided by his more senior team mates.
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He integrated: "That’s what the immensely colossal players get recognised for, scoring goals or engendering goals.
“I feel like I did, then I had a little drought, but I cerebrate that this goal against Basel will give me a confidence boost."
Iwobi will be hoping to make another appearance when Arsenal take on Stoke City on Saturday
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