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Mikel Arteta: The rejection and determination that made a manager

A broad smile unfolds across Pepe Reina's bronzed features as he recalls the injustice served up to Mikel Arteta in the dorm room of a Barcelona farmhouse they used to call home.

Reina was on the top bunk and Arteta below - but there was no doubt where the noise was coming from.

"I was the one snoring and the other lads in the room were getting upset," explains the former Liverpool and Napoli goalkeeper.

"So they started to throw shinpads, shoes, flip-flops … anything they could lay their hands on.

"But because I was on top and he was on the bottom many of them ended up hitting Mikel.