A passionate and heartfelt goodbye to Alex Iwobi

I am of mixed emotions at your departure my compatriot. Sad because i won’t be seeing you in our beautiful kit again, but glad that your true worth has been revealed.

They said many derogatory things about you; you will never make it in football, you will end up at Brentford for a fee less than £10m, you have no business in football. You are a headless chicken with no end product, they consistently said. A complete waste of space, not good enough and absolute rubbish. You were taunted to contribute absolutely nothing to the team and should be better off cleaning the dressing room. Some described you as the worst player the have ever seen in the history of football and said all form of dehumanizing things about you. They even fantasize how we would have won ten consecutive Premier League titles if not for you. Your mistake that led to a goal against Manchester City was visited with the highest condemnation possible for a young Academy product.

But you stood tall and ended the season with a beautiful goal, your last appearance for us. Maybe they will now eat most of their words. We never saw you as a Super-star but we the few Gunners who knew your worth appreciated what you brought to the table. your work-rate can never be questioned and you never failed to defend the batch to the best of your abilities. You are really a born and bred Gunner.

I am also glad you a leaving on a high, as the club’s Academy product highest ever sale.

We will miss you and your “you can’t escape our bullet” celebrations. But above all we pray your new home treat you well.

I will remain your fan and I wish you the best my brother.

Martin Isonguyo