Dusan Vlahovic exclusive: How it really feels to score a goal - and why he was never joining Arsenal

Dusan Vlahovic smiles as he recalls the name of his favourite book. “It's 'The Alchemist',” he says, referring to the story of a young shepherd boy who embarks on a journey seeking treasure but instead learns the importance of who he really is. “Life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny,” wrote Paulo Coehlo, the best-selling book’s Brazilian author.

It is easy to see why it means so much to Vlahovic who, shortly after turning 16, became the youngest-ever goal-scorer in the proud history of the famous Serbian club Partizan Belgrade, and with Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland is now one of the most exciting young forwards in world football.

In January he pursued his destiny and joined Juventus, the club he dreamt of playing for as a boy, in an €81.6million (£69.3 million) move from Fiorentina. Already it has been an incredible journey - and he is still only 22.

Even now, it is that goal for Partizan that sticks out for Vlahovic. It came in February 2016, just after he had signed his first professional contract. “I thought in that moment, ‘I will make it - I can become a great player’,” Vlahovic recalls. “I am not a great player yet but I am working to become one.”

Vlahovic is certainly a great goal-scorer - even talking about the act of scoring excites him. He deliberates over a few different terms to describe it, from a "fuel" that drives him to an "addiction", but finally settles on a favourite.

“Scoring is like flying," he says. “I was talking about this with a couple of friends and they kept asking me, ‘What do you feel exactly when you score a goal?’ And I said, when you score for your team, your team-mates, your supporters, friends, it’s something that you only truly understand when you have had that