Victor Macauley | In my own words

I’m going to tell you a story about how Arsenal changed my life. But first, you need to understand what I’ve been through.

I’m just a guy from Sierra Leone. I grew up in Freetown and, although I had a bit of rough start because I never had much of a family around me, my mother did everything she could to make sure her kids had everything they needed.

Food to eat and clothes to wear… and I used to drive her crazy with all the clothes I’d ruin! I loved to play football when I was younger and Thierry Henry was my idol. I destroyed most of my clothes by writing Henry 14 on the back – mum absolutely hated it!

Any time we had a ball, we’d find a pen as well and would write our favourite player’s…