Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confessed he initially harboured "doubts" over whether Emile Smith Rowe had a big enough personality to survive in a Premier League dressing room.
At just 22 years of age, Smith Rowe dons the iconic number 10 shirt at Arsenal and is widely regarded as one of the most promising midfielders in the country. However, a notoriously shy and reserved character, his manager has since explained why sending the Gunners academy graduate out on loan was the making of him.
Smith Rowe was first sent to German outfit RB Leipzig, where he barely featured under now Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann. It was his second spell away from the club, at Championship outfit Huddersfield, where the attacking midfielder really caught the eye.
