Video: Hector Bellerin slams ArsenalFanTV for feeding off failure
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Bellerin hits out at ArsenalFanTV
Hector Bellerin has criticised ArsenalFanTV for claiming to support it and then feeding off the club’s failures.
Speaking at the Oxford Union, the Arsenal defender said that people were entitled to their opinions but he wasn’t going to listen to their advice.
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Quoted by the Daily Telegraph, the 22-year-old Spanish right-back said: “It’s so wrong for someone who claims to be a fan and their success is fed off a failure. How can that be a fan? It’s just people hustling, trying to make money their way, which everyone is entitled to do. For us players it doesn’t affect us. If they want to have fun with it then have fun. When you grow you realise what is important to you to take [on board].”
Bellerin added: “If a coach comes to me and says you’ve done something bad I’m going to take that advice. If someone from ArsenalFanTV says this guy needs to do this or that I’m not going to listen to him. They’re entitled to their opinion and the way they want to do it. If people find it funny then go watch it.”
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