The Gunners go to Chelsea today with both Brazilians sure to be key influences.
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"He’s a nice boy, his family are as well, everyone’s so humble,” said Martinelli. “They deserve everything that they are doing here.
“The boy is so good as well, everyone in the national team loves him as well. He deserves everything that he’s doing - and I just hope he’s not on his day on Sunday!
“In the national team we had some talks, not just me and him, but everyone.
“So we knew before he came how good he is and it’s not a surprise for us because we knew him from Brazil. He deserves everything, so yeah, fair play to him.”