In order to make it as a professional player at a club like Arsenal, a youngster must have two qualities. The first is exceptional footballing ability. The second is personality. In the unforgiving world of Premier League football, strength of character can be just as important as technical skill.
Old Lady 2 Old Men 0. Manchester City plan a significant overhaul of their ageing squad next summer, after some emergency action in January, but the question is, where will they be by then?
Citizens beaten in Turin as nightmare run continues
When Rangers host Tottenham on Thursday in the Europa League, it will be the 38th time a Scottish club have encountered English opposition in European competition. And every time, the matches have come freighted with additional meaning. National rivalries are routinely imposed on the clubs as these games become a scrap for cross-border pride, an opportunity to establish internecine supremacy, a Battle of Britain. Here are six of the best: