Matt Turner is unlikely to get too much game time at Arsenal, however it seems to appear that he is pleased with how things are going at the club at the moment.
The American goalkeeper – who will want to represent his country at the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup where bettors who use https://www.apostas-desportivas.org/ will be looking for the best and most competitive odds on offer – has already spoken glowingly about his time at the club.
The 28-year-old arrived from New England Revolution in the summer and has yet to play in the Premier League, however he has been called upon in the UEFA Europa League.
Nonetheless, he has been detailing how well he has been getting on in training, and has revealed that he has learnt so much despite only being with the team for three months.
“My game has come a long way since I began at Arsenal,” Turner told MLS Soccer.
“Just the speed and the intensity of everything, every single day. Mikel [Arteta] doesn’t accept anything except full-gas at training sessions, so you have to bring it every single day, or else you get found out pretty quickly out there on the pitch.
“For me, it’s the consistency that I have to bring every day in training, being ready for moments where I’m going to be able to get to play and overall just the speed, technical execution of things, making saves against world-class players every day in training, sometimes getting found out by world-class players in training. But all the while learning.”
The American had also revealed how crucial a positive mindset around the training ground can be for the club and how much emphasis the manager continues to put on it as they look to get back to being a team challenging for titles.
“We were playing a small possession game and it was really, really tight. I tried to make a pass and I gave the ball away. I sort of visually got frustrated and upset and he [Arteta] just came up to me and shoved me. He was basically like, ‘I don’t want to see that. I don’t like seeing that reaction. I want to see you pick yourself up and keep going.’
“I think that really set the tone for my mentality within the club and just to keep going no matter what. If you fail, that’s alright. What matters is how you react and not about the failure in itself. That was a really nice moment.”
Turner will want to get more game time under his belt ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and with a number of UEFA Europa League games and domestic cup games scheduled to be played between now and then, he will be hoping he can do all he needs to in order to impress the USMNT.
