Our Young Gun series gets to know the academy youngsters kicking off their careers at the Sobha Realty Training Centre.
Sophia Leonard spoke to us recently about making the step up to the under-21s and how she's adjusting to playing as a winger this season.
I've been at Arsenal for four years now, and as I've got older I've felt myself become a more experienced and established player in the squad. Making the jump from the under-16s to under-21s was hard at first.
Everyone around you is older, the competitiveness is high and it's a higher standard of football.