Nacer Barazite hopes his loan
spell at Derby County will help him to follow Nicklas Bendtner into
the Arsenal team.
Dutch youngster Barazite has impressed in recent games for the
Rams after dropping down to the Championship to gain first-team
experience.
Bendtner enjoyed a similar education at Birmingham City in the
2006/07 season before pushing into Arsene Wenger's plans at
Emirates Stadium.
Barazite is keen to emulate Bendtner and was not concerned to be
joining a club which had been relegated from the Premier
League.
"I was not worried that Derby had had a difficult time last
season," said Barazite in the Daily Mirror.
"The Premier League is a very difficult level and Derby is a
good club.
"I talked with Arsene Wenger and Liam Brady, they said I was
doing really well at the club and the final step was learn some
other sides of the game and the best thing to do that was to go to
the Championship.
"He (Bendtner) was like me, almost at the first team. They sent
him to the Championship with Birmingham and he went back there
after doing really well and now he is in the first team."