Rob Holding revealed that Gabriel Martinelli is a handful in training.
Martinelli joined Arsenal from Ituano last summer and has really impressed whenever brought on by Unai Emery.
Martinelli joined Arsenal from Ituano last summer and has really impressed whenever brought on by Unai Emery.
Holding has recovered from injury and gotten a chance to face off against the young Brazilian in training. He reacted, “He’s [Martinelli] come in and settled really well.
“In training every day, he works hard. He puts you under pressure constantly and never stops running, which as a centre half is a nightmare. You want a striker that will sort of give up on you, but he never gives up.
“His finishing has been unbelievable, even with his head. He’s only a small guy but the headed goals he’s scored in the Forest game and the Standard Liege game have been incredible goals, to be fair to him.”
Holding added: “I think he’s really close with Emi [Emiliano] Martinez. He spends a lot of time with him and I think he’s translating for him as he picks up English.
“In yoga, he is trying to learn as much English as he can. It’s only a small group of five or six of us, so he’s learning English as he goes along and he’s making an effort, which is important.”
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