Theo Pires became the captain of Arsenal

The son of the legendary Frenchman – Theo Pires, at the age of seven, admitted to the Arsenal Academy this year in May.

Now the boy is playing for U-9 team, and yesterday his father shared the picture, where Theo was appointed as a captain of the team.

The French midfielder Robert Pires joined London Arsenal in the summer 2000 and was the Gunners’ player until 2006. During this time, Pires had played 189 matches and scored 84 times. The  Frenchman helped the team to win two England championships, FA Cup and reach the final of the Champions League.

Now Robert is 43, and he finished his career long time ago, but Arsenal still has one more Pires.