At Arsenal, the club where he won the FA Cup three times, Per Mertesacker was affectionately called the ' Big Friendly German.'
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When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant four times as tall as the tallest human, she thinks she is about to be breakfast. But luckily for Sophie, her giant is the only nice & jumbly giant in Giant Country, & the pair are soon thinking of ways to disappear the BFG's nasty neighbours...