Arsenal midfielder Theo Walcott believes 35 million-pound summer signing Alexis Sanchez has inspired those around him in the Gunners dressing room to raise their standards this season.
Sanchez has been the shining star of Arsenal's campaign following his high-profile move from Barcelona last summer, with Walcott telling the Arsenal website that the Chilean is a role model for the rest of his teammates.
"You see somebody working so hard and it makes you want to try to back him up," Walcott said. "When you see what he does off the pitch, behind the scenes at the training ground, and how much work he puts in, all the players just stand up and think 'Yeah, I need to a bit more as well then.'
"It's about getting that balance right. We told him during the Christmas period to relax a little bit, but he still cracked on with his gym work! He's that sort of person -- nothing will make him tired. It's healthy to see, because the Premier League is very fast, but he's coped with it fine.
"He is amazing because he spots things that a lot of players won't. I tend to make my runs off the ball and he is always looking for that. He drags more players on to him, which creates more space for other people and I do the same thing.
"It is a great balance and once I am fully fit, I think it is going to be some force for the Premier League to handle."
Sanchez's presence in the Arsenal attacking line this season alongside strikers Danny Welbeck, Olivier Giroud and a host of forward thinking midfielders has led some to suggest this is the most potent creative side Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has assembled, but Walcott suggests trophy success is the only way to back up that theory.
"When I came, it was [Robert] Pires and [Freddie] Ljungberg, [Dennis] Bergkamp, [Thierry] Henry and [Jose Antonio] Reyes," he recalls. "That's some attacking force as well. I think this squad probably does beat it, but we need to prove it first.
"Now you have the likes of Aaron [Ramsey] and Jack [Wilshere] in midfield. The list goes on, that's how good we are going forward. It is a headache for the manager when you have that many great attacking options.
"Go and achieve a little bit more than winning the FA Cup and then I think we can stand up and say this is the best attacking line up we've ever had."