Arsene Wenger is often touted to rely on youngsters to pull off miraculous results and the French manager still lives up to the claim as the likes of Hector Bellerin are seen stealing the limelight this season.

Speaking to Arsenal Player, he asserted that the players of the modern age must learn to cope with the mounting pressure should they aim at succeeding. Despite his phenomenal reputation of bringing the best out of young players, he claimed that it is always the player, who deserves the credits rather than the manager.

“We can only help so much, 99 per cent is down to the individual. We can push them over the line with the one per cent we can give, but 99 per cent is them having the responsibility to make their own life.”

As always, the Arsenal manager sounded motivational when he advised the youth not to suppress themselves due to pressure and also suggested that they should show the fortitude to fight the modern day demands.

“You have to stand up to be strong enough, to fight, to show that you have the courage and that you’re not inhibited because you’re under pressure, and that’s the difficulty of the modern player.”

He seemed to have launched a deliberate attack on the British media in some way as he stated that every single move of a footballer is closely monitored and expressed his grief over the overuse of the term crisis. He also added that young footballers should learn to resist such letdowns.

“That has increased and the resistance to stress from the young players is immense today because everything is analysed. Every pass you make, every first touch, how far you run, how much you fight, everything.

“There is a verdict on everything so that kind of stress has increased and it’s much more difficult to deal with than it was a few years ago.

“Twenty years ago you could lose a game and people would say, ‘Next time Arsenal will play better’. Today you lose a game and it is always a crisis. It’s not easy for the players to deal with that.”

Arsenal face West Ham United on Saturday evening and Arsene Wenger may stay hopeful that teenagers in Hector Bellerin, Gedion Zelalem and Chuba Akpom rise to the occasion and deal with the huge pressure.