Ainsley Maitland-Niles admits he was ‘rotting away’ at Arsenal

Ainsley Maitland-Niles admits he was ‘rotting away’ at Arsenal and believes his transfer to West Brom was the ‘perfect fit’.

The 23-year-old had struggled for minutes underneath Mikel Arteta this season and had began simply 5 Premier League video games earlier than he joined the Baggies within the January switch window.

Maitland-Niles has impressed throughout his mortgage spell with Sam Allardyce’s aspect, who’re 9 factors off security within the Premier League.

And the midfielder says he was eager to go away Mikel Arteta’s aspect as a result of his profession had stalled.

‘It’s one other mortgage deal, you will find yourself going again to the membership ultimately,’ Maitland-Niles informed talkSPORT.

‘It was just more of a chance for me to show what I’m able to relatively than sitting on the bench for the remainder of the season and rotting away.

‘The main reason was being able to play as there’s nothing higher than taking part in. I felt it might be nice to expertise the work of individuals attempting to avoid wasting their careers and keep within the Premier League.

‘I think it was the perfect fit for me to be here and show them the qualities I can produce.’

Maitland-Niles additionally confirmed that Arteta has no similarities to his present boss Sam Allardyce.

‘None at all. Two completely different men,’ he stated.

‘They’ve obtained alternative ways of coping with issues and saying issues to gamers.

‘It’s unusual to come back out of that one setting and be chucked into one thing completely different the place all the things is completely different. There’s not one factor the identical.

‘I’m simply studying to take pleasure in it and take all the things because it comes.’

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