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Parris - Leah told me a lot about Arsenal

The hardest thing about Nikita Parris' move was having to keep it quiet from her new team-mates.

Not only is the 27-year-old good friends with a number of our players, she has also been training with them every day in Team GB's Olympic camp.

So just how tough has it been to keep hush-hush?

"It's not possible when you're all over the news and Sky Sports have rumours," Parris told Arsenal Media. "I saw I was supposed to be in north London like a week ago but actually in the Home Bargains with my mum, picking up essentials for GB camp.