Interviewed by Arsenal Player again, Gunners newcomer Shkodran Mustafi talked about his peculiar passage from being a frontline player to a centre-back:
“First of all, I’m happy, now because otherwise I don’t know if I would be here. But, that said, when I started, I started as a striker.
When I was only 14, I signed for Hamburg, and slowly went all the way back to the defence. I played in front of the defence for a few games and then in the end I ended up being a central defender and then I got a call up for the national team, for the Under-15s at this time, and then it became my position”.
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