Our Young Gun series gets to know the academy youngsters kicking off their careers at the Sobha Realty Training Centre.

Bryony Brodie spoke to us recently about moving from defensive midfield to the no.10 role and how she's enjoying being amongst the goals for club and country. 

I’m in my seventh season at Arsenal now, and even though it feels like so much has changed since I joined as a ten-year-old, I think that what the club stands for has remained the same. 

The experience has definitely taught me a lot of determination, because in an academy, everyone’s ultimately fighting for the same thing: a professional contract. I’d like to think I’m still the same person, but I’ve changed a lot as a player. 

Last season I was playing more as a box-to-box midfielder, but now I’ve moved into a more attacking role. When I moved up to the under-17s for England, we got a new coach who wanted to start playing me as a no.10. 

I did well there, scored a couple of goals, so Arsenal decided to do the same. That move in position changes your mentality. When I was playing in the six,...