Angel Gomes opens up on his journey to the England squad

I'd say I'm confident I like being on the ball and like taking responsibility so that's more or less my game and I want to ask you about the journey as well um when you left Manchester United and go to Le um it's always difficult to leave a club like Manchester United um and then you ended up on loan at Boa Vista so it didn't happen immediately for you it's not been an easy route for you has it and I wonder how you reflect on all of that now sitting in that seat where you are now um when I left it was more for the idea to better myself better myself as a player and obviously as a person going through the Journey that I went through um I knew that eventually I'd be able to create a pathway for myself to be able to be in this position that I'm in now um and yeah it was difficult obviously leaving the club that I was at from six um and heading into an unknown really for me personally um and yeah from then it's been it's been an uphill trajectory but also with a lot of difficulties and difficult moments going through but um being in this position now makes everything all worth it def having played with Lee for a long time for the 21s can you just describe a bit what he's like as a coach um he's a very he's a very fair coach he's very very honest um he's Direct in his approach and um he's very close to the squad and um I think it helps as a player when a coach takes interest in a player not just on the pitch but off the pitch also hi Angel nice to see you congratulations as well um you mentioned the under 20 uh the under 17s you captain in that that team obviously Mark gahi Phil foden Jaden Sancho in it and you've seen them progress into the senior team did you feel as if you know maybe you'd have to wait this long for a senior call up does it make it that more special I think playing for your country you can wait as long as it takes really the the moment you're able to represent your country at the highest level that's you know that's the highest moment you can you can get to personally in your career um and I seen everyone do it early but it didn't discourage me if anything um it made me rer and you know seeing teammates that you've played with from 15 16 go on to almost Live Your Dream It's you can't be any happier for him you know and um whether it would have took me an extra three years four years or however long it takes um I'm just happy that I'm in the position that I'm in now and I hope that it could continue for more years

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