Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta once used an unusual approach to teach his players the importance of staying alert and being aware of their surroundings.
According to reports, Arteta invited professional pickpockets to a team dinner and gave them the task of secretly stealing players’ wallets, phones and other valuable belongings without being noticed.
At the end of the dinner, Arteta asked the players to check their pockets and take out the belongings they had with them. The players were left surprised when they discovered that some of their personal items had been stolen.
The incident was reportedly part of a psychological exercise designed to teach the players the importance of staying alert, focused and aware of everything happening around them at all times.
It is one of the unusual methods associated with Arteta’s approach to improving his players’ concentration, awareness and discipline.
