Charlie Patiño: 'I'd been at Arsenal a long time. I wanted a new chapter'

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After glorious start at Arsenal the midfielder found pathway blocked and has honoured his roots with Deportivo move

Old tweets can come back to bite, but not this time. This time, digging into his past made them love Charlie Patiño even more: for who he could be and always was, already an icon in A Coruña where he hadn't lived before and hasn't played yet but which is home.

If you're wondering why a generational talent Arsenal's head scout described as the best to walk through the academy doors has joined a club that spent the last four years in Spain's third tier, look on line. You might find part of the answer in a picture of him, aged 10. In his posts, the things he said years ago. And in what he says now, a calm, analytical clarity and determination making sense of it all.