Young Gun: Sophie Harwood

Sophie Harwood in action for our under-21sOur Young Gun series gets to know the academy youngsters kicking off their careers at the Sobha Realty Training Centre.

Sophie Harwood spoke to us recently about moving up to our senior squad and making her Arsenal debut in pre-season against West Ham

My transition from the academy started this summer. I found out I'd be spending the first few weeks of pre-season with the first-team, and then they kept asking me to come back. I was one of the only younger players in essentially a completely new team but all the girls were so welcoming that it was a really easy transition.

Previously I'd been at Southampton for seven years, so I had experience in making…