Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi is undergoing a sort of football “puberty” at Hertha Berlin, according to head coach Pal Dardai.

Guendouzi joined the Bundesliga club on loan at the start of the season and has made established himself in the first team under Dardai, who is full of praise for the 21-year-old.

"It’s like puberty for him, he’s kind of a rebel,” the Hungarian coach said of Guendouzi while speaking to Bild, per Goal.

Guendouzi, during the recent 3-0 defeat to RB Leipzig, was introduced as a second-half substitute for Hertha and lost the ball inside three minutes, leading to the second goal in the game.

Having thrown himself to ground, the midfielder would have hoped to have received a free-kick but instead, he was left with red faced and Dardai has seen this occur on a number of occasions in training.

Guendouzi refused to shine in Germany despite him being regular starter in the struggling side.

It is well within the realms of possibility that Arsenal will look to sell Guendouzi at the end of the season although there had been reports that the club were open to him returning and integrating back into the squad.

Arsenal signed Thomas Partey in the summer and continued with a second loan for Dani Ceballos, competition for places with Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny was already rife and Guendouzi’s output and enigmatic positioning in combination with his notable temperament made the decision to loan him out a seemingly easy one.