Young Gun: Charles Sagoe Jr

Throughout the season, we'll be catching up with our young Gunners to find out more about their route to our academy. This week, Charles Sagoe Jr reveals how he ended up at the club, and how he's here what he hopes to achieve having had a small slice of first-team life this term.

I'm from the south-west London area and it was my dad who first introduced me to football from a young age. I remember being mesmerised by watching Neymar and Ronaldinho videos on YouTube and then going into the garden trying to copy their skills. The Brazilian players were the ones I looked up to – they always played with a smile on their faces and they made the game of football enjoyable to watch.

Growing up I was…