Football is full of mysteries and stories of intrigue, some of them midly strange, others just downright ludicrous.
One such glorious mystery is that of Mikel Arteta and his seemingly immaculate dark hair, which never seems to change even as the Spaniard gets older.
In a world of ostentatiousness, the haircut, in its consistent simplicity, has drawn admiration from Arsenal supporters and rival fans alike, spawning confused threads on Reddit as well as Facebook fan pages.
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Arteta is all too aware of his hair's celebrity status and in 2014, he revealed that "one in every three tweets" he received on Twitter is about that very topic.