Arsenal’s success this season is all about the first-team but their youth academy is also producing some top talent and England manager Thomas Tuchel has recognised that.
The Gunners have seen the likes of Max Dowman, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri all help the first-team in recent seasons.
There is also excitement around the Quintero twins, who are set to officially join in 2027 from South America.
Right now though, with the England squad just announced, Arsenal are well represented at first-team level and will now have another representative for the pre-World Cup warm-up camp.
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Ethan Nwaneri to join England’s pre-World Cup training camp
Thomas Tuchel made some absolutely massive calls with his squad selection yesterday.
Huge names like Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Maguire missed out and Tuchel is banking on the trust of the players he’s picked to take England through.
But with big names missing comes opportunity for others and now, Ethan Nwaneri has been called into the squad to train ahead of the tournament starting.
Nwaneri will join up with the squad in Florida and be a key part of the preparation.
Tuchel confirmed yesterday that a number of young players will be joining but didn’t mention Nwaneri.
The Arsenal teenager will join Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, Rio Ngumoha, and Josh King as supplements to the actual squad.
Of course, this is a massive chance for Nwaneri to impress and there could well be an injury or two before the tournament.
If this happens, then Nwaneri might well be in line to sneak in at the last minute if he does well in Florida.
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