Alessia Russo: ‘When you join the club, you take on a part of Arsenal and the love’

The honorary Gooner’s game went up a level last season. Now, the forward wants to push on for more trophies, starting with the WSL Arms hooked over the bar at the front of the bus, sunglasses on, a drink in one hand and the other pointed towards the fans as she vibed along to the music and joined in with the singing and chanting, Alessia Russo was having a blast. “I had the time of my life that day,” says the Arsenal forward of the 9km parade through the red smoke-filled streets o