Benik Afobe has hit out at Arsenal by claiming that he feels he could have made it at the Emirates Stadium and that he’s feeling “unstoppable” now he’s at Wolves.
The 22-year-old striker has notched a staggering 31 goals this term during a loan spell with MK Dons (19) and in his time at the Molineux (12) – he sealed a permanent move to the Midlands over the winter.
Afobe’s tally puts him one ahead of Spurs sensation Harry Kane, while suggesting that he does indeed have the talent many suggested he possessed while with the Gunners.
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Although he’s had to drop down the Football League ladder to find game time and justify his reputation, the pacey forward believes that he could have succeeded at Arsenal if he was given the chances he needed:
"I had self-belief [at Arsenal] but when you play week in, week out you're going to get more confidence - it's a different type of confidence - it's one to know you're unstoppable," he is quoted by Goal.
"It doesn't matter what league I'm playing in I'm going to score. It's the mentality you've got to change to be a top goalscorer and I've realised that.
"All the top goalscorers who score week in, week out like [Lionel] Messi and [Sergio] Aguero, they believe they are going to score before they've had a chance and that's the only difference between a top goalscorer and an average striker.
“I wanted 30 goals. I got to 30 and now I want to keep scoring, I want to get to 35. People have asked 'what's my favourite goal?' I always say 'the next one’.”
Afobe made only a handful of outings for Arsenal, spending much of his north London career out on loan with the likes of Huddersfield, Reading, Bolton, Sheffield Wednesday and MK Dons.
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