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But I’m not necessarily going to go into my favourite pub right now. I’m going to talk about my years in London. When I think about my time in the capital, growing from a teenager to a sort of adult, I remember the sun coming out at three specific times. The rest of my memories, even though most of them are beautiful images and moments I recall often, are always tied together with mostly grey skies and little bits of rain. </p><p>Oh, and by the way, my favourite pub was The Nelson’s, if you were wondering. More on that another time.</p><p>I had just turned sixteen the first time I saw the sun<sup>1</sup> bright up there in the London sky. During my last season in La Masia, Arsenal invited me over to see what could be my new home. And, as curious a kid as I had always been, I happily accepted the offer to come and take a look. It would be my new home for over a decade.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-full"><img src="https://www.goal.com/mundial/content/images/2024/11/GettyImages-468580280.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1508" srcset="https://www.goal.com/mundial/content/images/size/w600/2024/11/GettyImages-468580280.jpg 600w, https://www.goal.com/mundial/content/images/size/w1000/2024/11/GettyImages-468580280.jpg 1000w, https://www.goal.com/mundial/content/images/size/w1600/2024/11/GettyImages-468580280.jpg 1600w, https://www.goal.com/mundial/content/images/size/w2400/2024/11/GettyImages-468580280.jpg 2400w"></figure><p>I took a plane to Heathrow with my mum, my dad, and my agent, who, after 15 years working with me, is still somehow keen on dealing with this headcase, and we spent a lovely May weekend in the city with summer warming up in the sidelines. 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