Professionals in the beautiful game may not be renowned for their university degrees, but there are other areas in which they show their smarts
Arsenal's Hector Bellerin has backed his fellow footballers to speak out if they have an important opinion to air, rubbishing the public perception that players should stick to football.
Bellerin recently returned to action after a lengthy injury lay-off, giving Unai Emery more options at full-back alongside Kieran Tierney, who also just regained full fitness after a summer transfer from Scottish champions Celtic.
With football now playing a bigger role in helping raise awareness for societal issues and various charitable endeavours, Bellerin feels that players are not given enough credit due to their backgrounds and called for respect as even someone as clever as famous scientist Albert Einstein might have struggled with some of the game's finer points.