Soccer player Hector Bellerin is the style icon we deserve

He said: "The problem is that people have an idea of what a footballer should look like . If you act a little differently you become a target. There is pressure to conform . In life, you should be allowed to express yourself."

But not everyone hates Bellerin's chosen form of self-expression. In fact, Bellerin is easily one of the most stylish high-profile people on the planet. If you deconstruct his outfits and critique an item of clothing at a time, they're all great pieces.

But it's how he "throws" it all together that makes Bellerin a style icon in the making: he's playful, mixing together items that shouldn't really work in one outfit. He's a risk-taker and a rule-breaker who loves prints. 

All the good clothes in the world mean nothing if the wearer can't pull them off.

Bellerin is cool and he knows it. He does whatever he wants. He has the kind of hair that could make him either a member of a grunge band or the model on the cover of a terrible romance novel.

Despite the hate and mockery he sometimes receives, Bellerin carries himself - and his fashion - with confidence. How very millennial of him. Who said footballers can only wear branded tight T-shirts, tighter jeans and belts with buckles bigger than their egos?