Ethan Nwaneri is among the most exciting young footballers in the world.
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Nwaneri has been the talk of the town, and Kai Havertz, who was a wonderkid himself back in the day, has heaped praise on him.
Kai Havertz shares what Ethan Nwaneri is like in Arsenal training
Havertz has been at Arsenal for about a year and a half now, and he has become a very popular member of the squad.
The German became a star in Europe when he first burst onto the scene at Bayer Leverkusen. Many people even called him the next Mesut Ozil at the time.
Havertz’s performances in Germany combined with his massive potential convinced Chelsea to spend a fortune on him. Even though he had his struggles there, he won them the Champions League.
Arsenal then signed Havertz for big money, and the German has done a really good job in the famous red and white since.
Nwaneri can learn a lot from Havertz because he is now in a position where the Arsenal number 29 was in when he was 17 years old.
The Germany international can see similarities, and he is convinced Nwaneri has a bright future ahead of him because he’s always doing one thing in training – putting in 100 per cent effort!
Havertz said about Nwaneri on the Men in Blazers podcast: “He’s unbelievable. He has so much quality. He works so hard every day. You can see that he just wants to play, he just wants to prove himself at the highest level.
“When you come to a professional team at 17, I remember myself, for me it was crazy. I was so shy, didn’t know what to do, didn’t know what to expect. I was just working hard and didn’t speak to any one of them and just did my thing.
“Maybe for him, it’s even harder because he plays for one of the biggest clubs in world football. I played for Leverkusen, which is also a very good team, but the pressure is not the same as it is here at Arsenal. How he does it, it’s unbelievable, and I think he’s going to have a big future.”
When asked what he sees in Nwaneri every day, Havertz said: “For me, it feels like he has already played 10 years at a high level. He’s not nervous. When we need him, he’s there. He’s a hard worker as well without the ball.
“The most important thing is that he is always giving 100 per cent on the training pitch and he wants to get better.”
When Ethan Nwaneri could start again for Arsenal
Arsenal fans were very angry with Mikel Arteta when he decided against handing a start to Nwaneri in the Premier League during Martin Odegaard’s absence due to injury.
The Gunners really struggled in those two months. They looked lost in the final third at times and lacked any meaningful creativity.
Nwaneri had an impact every time he came off the bench, but the teenager is yet to start a game in the league. We don’t expect that to change anytime soon either.
However, we have a feeling that Nwaneri will continue to start in the Carabao Cup, in which he has scored three goals in two games this season.
Arsenal face Crystal Palace in the next round of the EFL Cup and that game is scheduled to take place on the 18th of December.
We hope Nwaneri will add to his goals in that game.
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