Bayern Munich star Serge Gnabry has praised the vital influence of former Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker towards the beginning of his career.
The German pair played together in north London for three seasons between 2011 and 2016.
Gnabry left Arsenal in 2016 to head back to Germany after he was termed "not fit" enough for the Premier League.
He has gone on to score scored 31 goals in his last 75 appearances in all competitions for Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
He had compared Per Mertesacker to Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Gnabry told the Players' Tribune: 'He used to always be so hard on me, but in a really good way. He was like an older brother for me at Arsenal.
'Per is the nicest guy in the world. But he's also the most German guy in the world.
'Like everything he says, it's so intense. Like he's so tall, and he's looking down at you trying to be intimidating but it's also kind of friendly.
'I don't know if there's an English word for it. Imagine like a really friendly Arnold Schwarzenegger or something. That's Per.'
'No matter what I did in training, he would come up to me afterwards and start yelling, like: "Serge, remember where you come from! You are from Stuttgart! Humility, humility, humility! Serge, you think you're good now, huh? You must be humble! Humility!"'
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