Premier League players always perform for the badge on their shirt, but each player does still have their own personal club allegiances.
Indeed, every player grows up supporting a team, and sometimes, you don’t get the chance to play for the team you support.
Arsenal are a team that have a number of notable fans dotted across the Premier League.
Ollie Watkins grew up an Arsenal fan, and Watkins is on Arsenal’s radar this summer.
Meanwhile, Dominic Solanke grew up supporting Arsenal, despite the fact he’s now Tottenham’s number nine.
On top of that, Chelsea’s Pedro Neto is also a known Arsenal supporter.
Now, another big-name Premier League star has admitted they grew up supporting Arsenal.
Antonee Robinson admits he was an Arsenal fan
Speaking to Fulham’s media team, Antonee Robinson admitted that he grew up supporting Arsenal as a kid.
Robinson has been brilliant for Fulham this season, so much so that he’s been linked with a move to Liverpool.
Liverpool want Robinson in a deal that could be worth £40m.
However, Robinson has now admitted he has a soft spot for Liverpool’s rivals.
“What’s your favourite away stadium?” Robinson was asked.
“I really like St James’ Park, a good old stadium, the atmosphere is sick. The Emirates as well is probably my favourite. I grew up an Arsenal fan,” Robinson said.
Antonee Robinson is a big fan of Myles Lewis-Skelly
Robinson grew up an Arsenal fan, and he may well harbour dreams of playing for the Gunners one day.
However, if Robinson were to head to the Emirates, he’d face some seriously stiff competition at left-back in the shape of Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Indeed, Robinson already knows how good Lewis-Skelly is, praising him earlier this season.
“Myles Lewis-Skelly, what do you make of a kid at his age, 18 years old, doing what he’s doing?” Robinson was asked.
“It’s incredible to see. I mean, especially when they’ve just spent money on, you know, Calafiori coming in, like the fact that the manager’s done that, he’s fit, but he trusts this young lad to step in and play in general. Like you don’t see, it doesn’t happen often,” Robinson said.
“I think just overall in football, like it’s really hard for a manager to put a trust in like a 17, 18 year old. And then his performances, he’s been top. He’s built, he’s a proper unit.
“He hangs about with men completely comfortably and technically he looks really good.
“He’s got that little dirty bit. He’s got the dirty bit. And that’s the bit, I promise you, that can be all the difference sometimes, isn’t it?
Robinson could be headed to Anfield rather than the Emirates this summer, and it would be interesting to see how the USA international got on in a title race with the club he adored so much as a child.
