The son of Robert Pires has been trialling with Villarreal.

Theo Pires plays for Peña Deportiva and spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players.

Former Arsenal and Villarreal star Pires said: “He is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It's very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself.

“It is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There's a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he's not used to it, but he's learning.

"It's a very good experience because he's already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,"