Arsenal”s Iwobi reveals initiation embarrassment

The youngster was embarrassed by his song rendition during the traditional initiation for new players in the Gunners’ first team squad

Arsenal youngster Alex Iwobi has revealed how embarrassed he was during his initiation to the squad that he ended up singing ‘Happy Birthday’.

It is a long-held tradition in the Gunners’ dressing room that players making their first appearance with the first team are required to perform a song of their choosing, and Iwobi, who was first called up to the first team squad for an away game at West Brom last term, completely botched his big performance.

“Oh my word, I had to do it twice because the first one was very, very bad,” Iwobi told Arsenal’s Weekly Podcast.

“It was against West Brom away. And I froze, absolutely froze.

“I tried three songs and I forgot them completely.

“So I ended up singing Happy Birthday to Arsenal on that day, which was so embarrassing.”