Matteo Guendouzi has pledged to fight for his future at Arsenal despite being sent out on loan this season.
Guendouzi was exiled from Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad following a display of ill-discipline at the end of a defeat by Brighton in June.
However, Guendouzi has vowed to win back Arteta’s faith, as he seeks an unlikely reintegration into the Arsenal squad.
“I am focused on my season with Hertha Berlin,” Guendouzi told France Football.
“Next, we will sit down with my entourage and people at the club to discuss the future. This summer will be a decisive moment.
“I belong to Arsenal for another year. From the moment that I am playing for Arsenal, I will give everything for the club, fans, team, and staff. I will work hard for the shirt as I have always done.”
“I’m not a bad boy, quite the contrary,” he added. “If you want to succeed, you have to have a very good character, but also this personality to always want to be the best, always to want to win, to progress. It will differentiate you.
“There are a lot of very good players. Excellent people have failed to turn pro and, for these cases, the mentality has a very large part of the responsibility. My character and my personality have allowed me to do great things. It will still help me to go to the highest level.”
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