Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he knows his players what to test him every day.
Arteta turned 40 today.
He told the club's website: "Well you have to realise that when you come through the door each morning they are going to be testing you. You go through the scanner of everyone's eyes when you are at Colney or the Emirates.
"You need to be yourself and I want people to understand that if I'm here, it's because I think I can give the best of myself for the club. That's by showing the passion, the energy and the immense feeling of gratitude and clear direction of where I want to go. Because if you don't have that, you will get found out very quickly."
This week though, it's a very rare weekend away from football. He says he will be spending some time away with his wife, before a lunch and birthday party with his kids and extended family. And what of the future? Has Mikel thought about what he'll be doing when he reaches 50?
"I think I will look older, that's for sure!" he laughs "I will have some more grey hair but I think I will still have the same passion about what I do.
"Hopefully by then we will have been able to take the club to a different level. I hope we'll have made our people very proud of what we've done."
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