Hertha Berlin might not be setting the Bundesliga alight this season but they're doing better than Arsenal are in the Premier League. A glance at the two league tables would no doubt bring a wry smile to the face of Matteo Guendouzi.
The player who became a victim of Mikel Arteta's no nonsense policy at the Emirates Stadium, frozen out following ill-discipline last season without being offered an opportunity for redemption, is thriving again out on loan.
The fresh surroundings of Germany's capital city appear to have been a tonic for the 21-year-old described by former coaches as 'a pain on a daily basis' and he already seems to have cut the cord with Arsenal.