Or a 3 if it is legend like Paolo Maldini or Kenny Sansom
Right. Philipp Lahm too, my son says. But basically, anybody but your striker. After all, if he's doing his job and banging them in, nobody cares who the skipper is. It only becomes an issue when you're under the cosh, so you want someone who's in the thick of it.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."