Arsenal have golden chance to show Mikel Arteta progress in PSG litmus test [Video]

Rooming with Ronaldinho, playing with Jay-Jay Okocha and making his Champions League debut aged just 18, it is no wonder Mikel Arteta has such fond memories of his time at Paris Saint-Germain.

Arteta was just a teenager back then, sent out on loan by Barcelona to gain first-team experience, but his 18 months in the French capital had a profound effect.

The first seeds about one day becoming a manager were planted thanks to the way head coach Luis Fernandez trusted him and Arteta also got to play in a star-studded PSG team.

Nicolas Anelka, Okocha and Ronaldinho played ahead of Arteta, with Gabriel Heinze and Mauricio Pochettino among the defenders that swept up behind him.

“I had to do all the defending because I had Ronaldinho and Okocha in front of me,” joked Arteta. “Imagine.

“It was super, almost unreal. It was a dream for me. I was so blessed and I had so much energy at that time. I couldn’t …