Leaning forward with hands clasped, Maxim Choupo-Moting undersells himself somewhat. 'Everyone has their own style,' he says.
That goes nowhere near doing the heavily tattooed 6ft 3in multilingual striker with a mohawk and dual nationality justice.
He is a novelty in his look and attitude. Spray cans lie around his house, reserved for the afternoons away from Stoke City and away from football altogether.
'I'm into art.