Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith Rowe has no desire to give up on his stint at the club.

The youngster, who is an academy graduate, is not in the starting lineup of manager Mikel Arteta at present.

However, Smith Rowe states that battling through his injury hell last season has given him the mental resilience to fight back.

“I have changed my mentality a bit: just to go for it," he told the Evening Standard.

“I have not really got anything to lose.

“I have tried to change that inside me. I used to have a lot of doubts. I used to question my confidence at times. But now I am really strong, I am feeling really fit and I am taking that into now.

“I really believe in myself now. I have got all the right people around me helping me — my family, my friends and everyone at the club is always willing to help every day in training and off the pitch. I have just got to keep going, keep believing, and I am sure the chances will come.

“It was a really tough period — having surgery for the first time and then having another setback once I got back on to the pitch. But this is football, you have got to face these challenges, you have ups and downs. I feel like I am a lot stronger and fitter now."