Mikel Arteta, Jurrien Timber and Ethan Nwaneri (Photograph by Ryan Pierse, Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Mikel Merino clearly grabbed the headlines together with his match profitable cameo at Leicester, however Ethan Nwaneri was the undoubted star of the present for Arsenal.
He was distinctive, even within the first half when he was head and shoulders above each single different participant on the pitch.
That’s the signal of an actual expertise. He doesn’t simply carry out when others round him are enjoying properly, he does it when everybody round him is struggling.
“I’ve bought NO respect for him, he’s even worse than Mario Balotelli!” – which ex-Liverpool teammate is Steven Gerrard speaking about?
To have the ability to do this at simply 17 is extremely thrilling. And what makes it even higher for Arsenal is that you’ve got one other teenage academy product shining on the different finish of the pitch.
The final ditch clearance Myles Lewis-Skelly made to stop Leicester scoring what appeared to be a sure objective with round 20 minutes remaining was probably the most essential second of the match.
If that goes in, then Arsenal greater than probably lose the sport. The composure he confirmed in that state of affairs to deflect the ball behind, when off steadiness as properly, was very spectacular.
Arsenal have saved £100m within the switch market with homegrown duo
Often at a membership like Arsenal you must wait a very long time for a gifted academy product to return via and drive their means into the first-team beginning lineup.
So for 2 to do it on the similar time is a serious increase for the membership and for Mikel Arteta. You’re speaking about two gamers that in right now’s market would already be valued at over £100 million mixed.
That’s big for Arsenal, particularly within the age of PSR.
How lengthy have we mentioned they wanted competitors and canopy for Saka? It wasn’t way back they have been prepared to splash out greater than £50m to do this by signing Raphinha from Leeds.
Now, they don’t really want to do this as a result of they’ve somebody from the academy who can do this. That cash can now be spent elsewhere.
The identical goes for Lewis-Skelly and hopefully it will likely be Max Dowman as properly, who appears to be like sure to be the subsequent expertise from Hale Finish to make his mark on the first-team, when rules permit.
