Chewing gum in one's schooldays required a great deal of care and guile.

An eagle-eyed teacher was always on the look-out for students masticating the forbidden substance, and a piercing stare accompanied by an invitation to spit the offending material out usually followed. 

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil, however, must have been more than a match for his educators as a young tearaway. 

Who needs a bin when the Germany international is just as happy to use his gum as juggling material.

The tricks on show are very impressive indeed, but we hope that deadly left boot was clean as he teed up the volley...