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The former Arsenal kid in Zagreb who's out to sink Tottenham in the Europa League! From lockdown to a massive earthquake, Robbie Burton has had a memorable first year in Croatia

Any move abroad is a bold and adventurous step for a young footballer, but one year in Zagreb has tested the resolve of Robbie Burton in ways he could never have imagined.

Within days of a transfer to Dinamo Zagreb from Arsenal in February last year, Burton found himself alone in a new country, 850 miles from home and unable to speak a word of the native language as Europe plunged into lockdown.

Barely a month later, at around six o'clock one Sunday morning, Croatia's capital was struck by its biggest earthquake for more than a century.