Per Mertesacker
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Sep 24, 2026
Tom CantonHOST
Um, in fact, there's a Reddit page that says, "Do we have an update on Leo Messow?" He signed, uh, for Arsenal at 10 years of age.
Tom CantonHOST
There's a fantastic picture of him with Per Mertesacker.
Tom CantonHOST
Um, not sure how long ago that was.
Tom CantonHOST
Uh, five years ago, so he would be 15 now, wouldn't he? Uh, it's weird talking about a player of this age.
JordyPANELIST
Arsenal are lucky that the players' parents are massive gooners.
JordyPANELIST
Also, you got someone like Per Mertesacker and you got the infrastructure to develop players and you see a pathway.
JordyPANELIST
But then Aiden Heaven hit a wall and ended up going, my mum wants me to go to Manchester United.
JordyPANELIST
And that's because he has parents that look out for him and it's worked out for him doing that.
Rohan JivanHOST
And just his first interview you can see the messaging that he gets across.
Rohan JivanHOST
Do, do you remember that behind the scenes clip where, uh, it's him and Mertesacker, and Mertesacker brings him into one of the rooms and the first thing he says to Mertesacker is like, "Do we have drones?" Um-
Alex MoneypennyHOST
Yeah.
Alex MoneypennyHOST
Yeah
Ian StoneHOST
Quite.
Ian StoneHOST
Um, well, I'm having Per Mertesacker.
Ian StoneHOST
I know he's left, but what this academy is doing for our club.
Ian StoneHOST
When a 19-year-old is the fifth oldest [chuckles] or sixth oldest on the pitch in a team, you're going, "Something is happening at our club," and it's amazing.
LiamHOST
So he's maybe a little bit of a fashionista.
LiamHOST
He looks a little bit like if Per Mertesacker and Wojtek Szczesny had a baby.
Gav DickHOST
Right.
LiamHOST
Um, next up on the list, Ryan Mason.
Rob BeckettHOST
Go on.
Josh WiddicombeHOST
Per Mertesacker
Rob BeckettHOST
MertesackerOkay.
Rob BeckettHOST
Sparkling water
Josh WiddicombeHOST
Apple juice and fizzy water.
Ryan HunnHOST
Kim Kjellström scored a penalty.
Ryan HunnHOST
Mertesacker scored the equaliser at the back post, I remember.
Musa OkwongaHOST
What was I going to say? Yes, so yeah, Arteta, all-time Arsenal manager, great, which is wild.
Musa OkwongaHOST
Got less of a quick, but yeah, this league is very much going according to form.
Jason SolomonsGUEST
That was really horrible.
Jason SolomonsGUEST
And then we ended up going by Arteta and Mertesacker on Arsenal.
Jason SolomonsGUEST
Yeah, because it wasn't also,
Boris StarlingHOST
I remember there was also the 6-1 during the Ferguson-Benger years, the
TurkishHOST
You look at Constance and Gabriel in particular.
TurkishHOST
And, you know, we once upon a time called Koscielny and Mertesacker our strongest centre-back pairing of the Emirates era.
TurkishHOST
Now, quality-wise, they had a bit about them.
TurkishHOST
You know, Mertesacker made up for his lack of pace with an understanding of the game that allowed him to play at the highest level.
TurkishHOST
And Koscielny was a good defender, just never great.
TurkishHOST
Why? Because they didn't have the character for it.
TurkishHOST
You're going to get done sometimes, but how do you recover? And not only that, but when the test, not off the pitch, on the pitch, but outside of the ref's whistle, Xhaka brought a little test to him.
TurkishHOST
Konca was on it.
JustinHOST
Apologies.
JustinHOST
Number 6, Per Mertesacker vs Diego Costa, January 2016.
JustinHOST
Mertesacker's desperate lunge on Costa as the last man earned a straight red card just 18 minutes in.
JustinHOST
It forced Arsene Wenger into the wildly unpopular decision to hook Oliver Giroud for a defender, drawing loud boos from the Emirates crowd.
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