Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has called up England-born Nigerian 16-year-old midfielder Ethan Nwaneri for the first-leg of the Gunners’ pre-season tour.
According to the Mirror, Nwaneri is one of three teenage academy prospects picked by Arteta.
Ethan Nwaneri
Arsenal are currently out in Germany gearing up for a pre-season friendly against FC Nuremberg, where all three of Nwaneri, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Reuell Walters could feature.
Nwaneri is known to fans after he became the youngest player in Premier League history last term when he made a cameo appearance against Brentford at just 15 years and 181 days.
He would be the most likely given he has already tasted life as an Arsenal first-team player, who recently put pen to paper on a scholarship but cannot sign a professional contract until he turns 17 in March.
Meanwhile, once the German leg of the tour is complete, the Arsenal squad will fly out to the USA where three considerably more high-profile opponents await them in the form of the MLS All-Stars, Premier League rivals Manchester United and Spanish titans FC Barcelona.
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LMFAO.@UGO IWUNZE why you are not PUSHING for this GUY to be CAPPED? Or do you like the way AHMED MUSA is wasting his SLOT? LMFAO…
Ethan Nwaneri has Nigerian ancestry, but is English. Let us stop trying to poach what belongs to others.
@AKO AMADI no let @UGO IWUNZE HEAR you o. HE is still ELIGIBLE to REPRESENT NIGERIA I think so…
LMFAO…
Lol. Let ugo breathe oh lol. However, punch article themed “where are the middle men” talk about I think all the players ugo really wants in SE midfield.
Meanwhile why punch today in “Falcons to watch” call your babe (abi u don wake up from reality) Plumptre “Nigeria’s dancing oyinbo”?
I no be no before oh.
I tell you my BROTHER if not for my GIRLFRIEND @PLUMPTRE WE wouldn’t have QUALIFY for the WORLD CUP o…
SHE is really one to WATCH OUT for..
@MONKEY POST be like say you nor dey word o. Oky o no shakes nah…
but on the real the way Barca capped lamine yamal Why can’t super Eagles Cap this boy at least he can come and Take Ahmed musa spot no risk having a extra Midfield sit on bench and learn first hand from baracks and develop dan to have a old man in regression mode forming cheerleader hehehehe lolZ..
At @MOCKERY POST i nor say you no go understand the benefit wey dey dere as far as say na your Alhaji Musa wey go suffer from the inclusion of this talent hehehehehe.
LMFAO..very soon FIFA will be allowing each COUNTRY to FIELD in 50 PLAYERS instead of 11 and then making 25 SUBSTITUTION all because of your OBSESSION of wanting all PLAYERS on EARTH with NIGERIAN ROOTS to be INVITED just because you don’t want to be seeing AHMED MUSA in the NATIONAL TEAM…
LMFAO..