The second AFCB official podcast had Arnaut Danjuma as its guest. It was great to hear from a current player who has had a great start to this current season, but who has also sadly been on the end of an injury. I already see Arnaut as a fans' favourite and he came across in his interview as a very calm and sensible young man who just wants to get back to the Premier league with AFCB.
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What we did learn is that AFCB have gone out of their way to try and make Arnaut welcome by catering to his religious beliefs and his food requirements. It is quite something to have a prayer room built for you at the stadium. I am not sure such a gesture would have been made for players back in the 1970s or 1980s. In some ways, we are a much more caring society now and it's good to see AFCB are leading the way in that. AFCB want to get the best out for their players and they will go the extra mile to try and see that they do help when they can.
We also heard that Arnaut is very driven in his pursuit of playing to the best of his abilities. He wants to get back into teh Dutch international team and to lead AFCB back to the Premier League. He lacks no confidence either in stating that if he had not been injured so much in 2019-20, he feels he could have been the difference in keeping AFCB up.
Arnaut is also clearly frustrated when he can't play. I think the word 'pissed' is his favourite word in such circumstances, but it means that when he can play he tries to make the most of it. Having scored five goals this season he is now feeling much more at home in the team and we probably owe Nathan Aké a big thank you for convincing Arnaut that Bournemouth was a good family club to come to. We may not have seen Arnaut at Bournemouth otherwise, as he had offers to join other clubs when he was at Club Brugge.
Having played at the Champions League level, Arnaut was a big signing for the Cherries and he is clearly one of the players that can get the team out of the Championship. So, I just hope we see him more on the pitch come January than having to sit on the sidelines.
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