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Patino drawing inspiration from Saliba over Arsenal hopes

Charlie Patino feels he can still make it at Arsenal.

Currently on-loan with Swansea City, the midfielder is drawing inspiration from William Saliba and his past loans away from the Gunners.

He told the Daily Mail: "Saliba is a different player to me. He's a centre back, big, powerful, so for me it's inspiring to see someone from Arsenal being able to go on loan, make a name for himself and come back and show his qualities at Arsenal because it is a massive club.

"Physicality is one of the main aspects I want to improve.

"I go in and do extra recovery, extra gym sessions to better myself as a player. I think it's important because if I want to step up and be a Premier League player, the games are a lot quicker now and you have to be ready for one-v-one duels and battles that happen all over the pitch."

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