Kieran Tierney has spoken for the first time since signing a pre-contract to return to Celtic this summer.
The left-back will remain at Arsenal until the end of the season, however, as Mikel Arteta's men aim to finish on a high after falling way behind Liverpool in the Premier League title race.
Tierney has very much been on the fringes of Arteta's team this campaign, although he started in the Champions League midweek against PSV Eindhoven, albeit out of position at left wing.
The 27-year-old was interviewed by official club media pre-match, where he opened up on his relationships with Scott Brown and Brendan Rodgers, and how his early days at Celtic paved the way for him to fit seamlessly into life at the Emirates Arena.
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He said: "From the outside, he [Brown] can be an intimidating player, but as soon I was in the squad, he looked after me.
"He coached me a bit for the under-20s because he was doing his coaching badges at the time, then when I came into the first team he really looked after me.
"Still now I speak to him most days, he's probably my best friend in football. He was amazing for me when I started - the definition of a captain. If you could describe what a captain should be, it would be Scott Brown.
"The first time I met Scott would have been when I was a ball boy, but the first time properly would have been in training.
"He seemed to take a liking to me, he liked my attitude and my work ethic I think. He was definitely intimidating though - he still is now man! I wouldn't say anything to him!"
When he moves back to Glasgow this summer, Tierney will reunite not only with the green and white of Celtic but his old manager, Rodgers.
The full-back previously blossomed under the stewardship of the Parkhead boss, who altered his perspective of the game: "The first was going into the changing room with Ronny Deila, but then the season after that, when Brendan Rodgers came in having been at Liverpool, he showed me a new version of football," said Tierney.
"That progressed every year, and the way I watched games changed too.
"I began looking more at formations, tactics and style of play. I would watch different left backs and analyse it more myself.
"That's such a big part of the game now, you need to be switched on to every scenario. The manager here (Arteta) is unbelievable tactically, so I want to take as much as I can, learn as much as I can because it will improve you. You learn every day.
"I was a bit more off the cuff when I started, I was up and down all the time but now I need to be more positionally aware tactically.
"Different teams want different styles now, and there is more emphasis on wingers to get forward and beat their man than the full back now. So the game has changed since I made my debut."
