After relocating to England at the age of four, Iwobi was playing for local club Rippleway FC alongside his childhood pal Chuba Akpom when he was spotted by an Arsenal account and invited for trials.
Massey noted that the winger was skillful beyond his years, which influenced the decision of Arsenal to offer him a contract.
"Alex was seen as an eight-year-old and he was brought in for various trials," Massey said to Football.London.
"I've got to say that the one thing that took my eye with Alex, I can remember it on the astroturf, we played a little eight vs eight game, he showed great ability on the ball, even for his age.
"He did one or two skills, flicks with his leg that you didn't really see very often in young players like that - so that's the one thing that caught my eye with Alex, that he did things on the ball which possibly other youngsters at eight years of age didn't do.
"He had that instinctive skill on the ball. Just seeing that basically was a reason for us to give him a contract at Arsenal as an eight-year-old."
The 23-year-old Iwobi ended a fifteen-year association with Arsenal in August 2019, after playing 149 matches in all competitions for the north London club, scoring 15 goals.
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