Soccer Extreme : With Arsenal heading for a fourth successive season without winning a trophy - and possibly even failing to qualify for the Champions League - it's good to see Samir Nasri is keeping his mind firmly on the job.
One for the ladies: Samir Nasri has to juggle his life to avoid groin strains
In fact the Frenchman's biggest problem is avoiding the job, the 21-year-old revealing that he has to stay indoors to evade the myriad female admirers that are making his life a living hell.
Not that it helps that much. The self-proclaimed number one babe magnet at The Emirates simply spends his days opening fan mail containing photos - among other things - and requests for his phone number from gaa-gaa fans.
It's enough to drive a man mad - but not Nasri, who has long since grown accustomed to his sex-symbol status and deals with it like any red-blooded male - by seeking refuge in video games.
The Algerian-born winger, signed for £12m from Marseille in the summer, said: 'I spend lots of time at home playing Pro Evolution Soccer. Ever since I have been a professional footballer it has been harder for me to go out and not be noticed.
'Especially by female fans. I have never had any problems with women I often get letters from girls, who send me their phone numbers and photos. They want to contact me because I am a footballer.'
It's not all fun for Nasri though. He is starting to tire of his virtual life behind drawn curtains and now wants to find true love.
And he modestly added: 'Things have always worked for me in the female department - but I want people to be interested in me for who I am and not for my money.'
It's not good enough being beautiful for Nasri - he also dresses the part too and admitted that the fashion police regularly patrol the Arsenal dresssing room.
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And any items of clothing deemed an eyesore are sent to Room 101, accompanied by hoots of derision.
Nasri actually admitted he has a rival in the eye-candy stakes, revealing: 'The most stylish footballer I have ever met is Djibril Cisse at Marseille.
'Everyone knows he is fashion-conscious.
'But everybody at Arsenal dresses well - and they have an interest in doing so.