Alex Iwobi : It Helps That I Am Related To Austin Okocha

Arsenal striker Alex Iwobi has vowed to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and ex-Bolton Wanderers skipper Austin Okocha.<br /><br />The 19-year-old is aware that he has to keep working hard at training and catch the eye of manager Arsene Wenger if he is to get more first-team opportunities.<br /><br />&ldquo;I see it helps me [to be related to Jay-Jay Okocha] and it gives me guidance, [it shows] what I need to work on and what I need advice on so it has helped me over the years,&rdquo; Iwobi told arsenal.com.<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see it as pressure [to be related to him] but he is someone I look up to as motivation as I try to be better than him.&rdquo;<br /><br />The Nigeria international added : &ldquo;It is very hard. You need to train well every day and you have to be in the boss&rsquo; eye and his mind all the time so that is what I&rsquo;m trying to do all the time.<br /><br />"I was just hoping to go out and learn but to play for Arsenal&rsquo;s first team means so much [to me] because when I play I think about all I have done to get to where I am and I feel so happy to do it.&rdquo;<br /><br />Alex Iwobi has been given a run-out in seven matches for Arsenal&rsquo;s first team so far this season and has racked up 193 minutes of playing time.<br />
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