'Ozil sent me an Arsenal kit after seeing my homemade shirt' - BBC Africa

Kenyan Lawrence Masira has always been a huge Arsenal fan.

The 12-year-old Maasai boy even drew the name of star midfielder Mesut Ozil on the back of an Arsenal shirt his mother bought him.

A picture of Lawrence's makeshift shirt was posted on Twitter by journalist Eric Njiru, and eventually came to the attention of the Arsenal player. The rest is history!

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