Young Arsenal striker Mika Biereth has revealed that Ian Wright gives him advice whenever he needs it, including over his recent loan move to Austria.

Arsenal 21-year-old Mika Biereth is currently on loan in Austria with Sturm Graz, and he’s having a great time of it so far.

In just 11 games for Sturm, Biereth has already racked up eight goals and an assist. He scored in three of his four Europa Conference League games, and he’s helped the team into the Austrian cup semi-finals and second place in the league.

But before making that move, Biereth sought advice from Arsenal hero Ian Wright.

“I call him Uncle Wright. He is an Arsenal legend and someone I can lean on for advice,” Biereth said (via Sport Witness).

“Before I moved to Austria, I called him to get his opinion. So he’s definitely someone I can use when things aren’t going well or when I need advice.

“He lives in London as well, so every time I’m there, I try and meet him face to face.

“He takes care of the youngsters at Arsenal, and I think that since I’m a striker and he was a striker, he thought he could help me a bit.”

Across the entire season, including his time spent with Motherwell FC, Biereth now has 20 goal contributions in 26 games. He scored six goals for Motherwell and assisted five before switching clubs in January.

Sturm already want to sign Biereth permanently in the summer, and the striker has admitted he was open to that move in January.

But Arsenal ruled it out, and they’ll probably look to give the youngster a pre-season opportunity on current form.

“When I come back in the summer hopefully I can get an opportunity,” Biereth said recently.

“My biggest priority is I need to be playing first-team football. I’m not overly keen on sitting on benches and just watching. I want it to be like the six months I had at Motherwell and the start here: playing games and scoring goals.”