Anyone can buy a shirt with an established name on the back. Buying one early — while the player is clearly good but not yet universally known — is the version that gets commented on years later, and it is a much better gift for someone who follows the game closely.

The risk is low. The shirt is the club's, and clubs do not move. If the player moves, the shirt is still correct — it is a record of a period, not a prediction.

The Arsenal version is for an Arsenal supporter, obviously, and the red body with white sleeves is one of the most recognisable designs in English football.

The England version is the safer gift by a wide margin. A plain white England shirt with a young player's name on it reads correctly regardless of which club the recipient supports, which is a rare property in a player shirt.

Fit is standard English and generous — your usual size is right, up one if layering, and the smaller of two if you want it to sit like clothing.

On a white England shirt almost anything prints well, which is one reason it is the safer gift. On a red Arsenal body, a light name set is legible and a dark one is not — check the listing photos. Wash inside out and cold, no tumble dryer, never iron on the print.