Getty Images7Former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso is now at Bayern MunichGetty Images7Joey Barton went . Association7Playmaker made his Arsenal debut in 2003 as a 16-year-oldInstead its the desperation to prove himself a man as a teenager in Arsenals Academy 13 years ago that is the surprise inspiration. We were all at the stage of our careers where we were looking to move on in a different direction and this unknown Frenchman clicked with us immediately. PEP GUARDIOLA was at Benficas recent clash with Braga on a lightning-quick scouting mission, according to reports in Portugal. ed like me, Ainsley (Maitland-Niles) and Jeff (Reine-Adelaide), I think the senior players all helped us out and we got a good result today. The message could not be clearer - he is not part of Pep Guardiolas Manchester City revolution. 5bn, making them the fifth most valuable sports team in the world. Even a fourth successive defeat at Northampton in tonights? EFL Cup-tie will not alter the unshakeable boardroom belief in him. The dressing room was expecting the ultimate football diva when the super Swede joined from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer. Van Aanholt travelled with the team to London yesterday for their EFL Cup clash at QPR tonight.