Ethan Nwaneri: Arsenal schoolboy, 15, on bench for Premier League game with Brentford

Ethan Nwaneri in action for Arsenal in an under-18s game against Tottenham
Ethan Nwaneri was born in March 2007

Arsenal have named 15-calendar year-aged Ethan Nwaneri as a substitute for Sunday’s Leading League match in opposition to Brentford.

The attacking midfielder has impressed at youth level and appeared along with set up gamers Eddie Nketiah and Rob Keeping on the bench.

Harvey Elliott is the youngest participant to seem in the Premier League aged 16 many years and 30 days for Fulham in 2019.

“We have the options to provide youthful gamers on,” claimed Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta right before the Brentford sport.

He added: “We are pretty shorter and alternatives come when issues occur.”

Nwaneri, who was born in March 2007, has been allocated the amount 83 shirt.

He has by now made a variety of appearances for Arsenal at under-18s amount and, aged 14, played for the England Under-16s.

Arsenal begun the weekend top of the Premier League but slipped to 3rd before kick-off towards Brentford following Manchester City and Tottenham won on Saturday.

Last Tuesday, Northern Irish schoolboy Christopher Atherton became the youngest senior footballer in the United Kingdom aged 13 decades and 329 days when he played for Glenavon.

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