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Arsenal youngster has come a long way from asking team-mate for a Twitter follow

Published 09:33 15 Jul 2015 BST

Updated 15:35 15 Jul 2015 BST

Tom Victor
Arsenal youngster has come a long way from asking team-mate for a Twitter follow

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When Hector Bellerin got a follow request from a member of Arsenal's under-13s back in 2011, he can't have imagined he'd be sharing a pitch with him for the first team.

Chris Willock could easily have been dismissed as yet another chancer, but the confident teenager who opened his message with a friendly "hola Hector" has come a long way in the four years since. https://twitter.com/ChrisWillock/status/149048132519469056 Midfielder Willock replaced Mathieu Flamini in the second half of a friendly against the Singapore Select XI, and saw his 'hermano' join him on the pitch just minutes later. It reminds us of that famous image of Ryan Giggs meeting an aspiring United youth-teamer by the name of Danny Welbeck. Follow your dreams, kids. https://twitter.com/SportUnc/status/575266221656047616 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD0DECD9CR8

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Arsenal youngster has come a long way from asking team-mate for a Twitter follow