Psychometric tests are a more familiar exercise in the boardroom than on the football field, but one Premiership club is using them to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of its next generation of talent.
A national newspaper has reported that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger looks to psychologist Jacques Crevoisier to test players on psychological endurance, competitiveness, emotional control and stress.
Crevoisier is the man Wenger's trusts to gauge if his next batch of stars have what it takes and the 62-year-old psychologist has delved into the minds of some of the finest young players Europe has seen, among them Henry, Anelka, Trezeguet, Walcott, Wilshere and Ramsey.
He is reported as saying that Wenger tells him that you have to be clever to play for Arsenal and that is where he starts.
Speaking from his home near Geneva, Crevoisier went on to explain that without being clever, players cannot fit into his system. At the club he had conducted psychometric tests on all the young players and they were all outstanding, with some of the best possible profiles.
Crevoisier uses a 117-question psychological assessment on youngsters to help managers deduce their strengths and weaknesses.
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