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Arsenal youngster Stefan O’Connor: Loan spell has helped me grow into a man

Goal's Arsenal correspondent Chris Wheatley caught up with the defender, who is embracing his loan spell in the Netherlands

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He’s made one Champions League appearance for Arsenal and was a regular for the Under-21s last season but there’s a good chance you haven’t heard Stefan O’Connor’s name before.

The highly-rated 20-year-old defender is spending this season on loan at MVV Maastricht along with new Gunners team-mate Kelechi Nwakali . Although game time has been hard to come by for O’Connor due to an early-season injury which saw him lose his place at right-back, he’s more than happy to gain valuable life experience at the start of what has the potential to be a promising professional career.