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Swansea midfielder Patino: These Arsenal teammates have helped me

Swansea City midfielder Charlie Patino appreciates the support he's received from Arsenal teammates.

Patino is on-loan at Swansea from the Gunners.

He told Sky Bet: "On the pitch, Granit Xhaka, Martin Odegaard, and even Bukayo Saka - he was still young, but I still went up to him because he followed the pathway that I ultimately want to follow.

"It was good for me to go and speak to him and get some information from him.

Everyone was helpful when I was training with them, and when I did something nice, they were really encouraging but if I messed up, they just said 'don't worry, get on with it - forget about it and go again'.

"I think that time with the first team was beneficial."

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