What’s more, Per’s sending the message that he wants a hard-working player who perhaps only has a smidgen of talent compared to an immensely gifted person who doesn’t put in any effort in training sessions or for the rest of the team.

It’s a fantastic attitude for a young player to have and as a man who deeply loves Arsenal and supported them as a boy, Per obviously wants everyone to be giving their all, 100% of the time.

Another part of Per’s philosophy when it comes to young players is how they’re treated.

At the moment, the skipper believes clubs are failing to provide the support these young people need at such a crucial time in their lives, not just professionally but personally.

When Per was a youngster, before he broke into Hannover 96’s first team, he had to work a year either in the army or for the community. The German picked working in a mental instituted as part of his community work and learned a great deal about compassion and being humble while there.

“When I went in I thought: ‘They need me.’ You can’t turn up and think: ‘I don’t care.’ It was something to put things in perspective,” he told the Guardian in August. “That privileged life we live is good but you have to respect what happens on the other side as well. When you have a high sometimes, just look back and think about that.”

This compassion has carried over into his work for Arsenal in the Community – the big guy visited a mental health football programme back in September – and it’s also effected how he would coach young players.