Before Arsenal’s defenders are looking over their shoulders for Estevao Willian tomorrow, hanging over the 18-year-old Brazilian’s when he arrives at Stamford Bridge is bound to be his baby-blue Air Jordan duffle bag, yours for £123.
Inside will be your usual footballing bric-a-brac. Toiletries, sock tape, those iddy-biddy shin pads that today’s players seem to prefer. Gloves, snood, the case for his Apple headphones. Plasters, strapping for the wrist, perhaps a pack of chewing gum.