“Before, you played in the park where you had to kick the ball up front and you had to fight. A boy of 12 who played against a boy of 16 had to be shrewd and push to get the ball. All those kinds of things have gone. The strikers are South American today. Europe doesn’t produce strikers anymore.” According to Wenger, the fact that so many South America players learn their game either on the streets or in public parks is actually to their benefit in developing specialist skills in certain positions.