With victory all but secured, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gave the nod to the substitutes' bench. Changes were afoot, history would be made.
Nwaneri is an attacking midfielder who has impressed for the under 21s and was promoted to the Arsenal first team after the squad suffered a series of injuries. I told him he would be with us and he had to be ready. He is also the first 15-year-old to feature in an EPL game.
Arsenal handed 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri a dream debut off the bench in Sunday's Premier League clash against Brentford.
After coming on against Brentford, Nwaneri (15 years, 5 months, 23 days) has surpassed Cesc Fabregas (16 years 5 months 24 days) as Arsenal's youngest ever player. THE VERDICT: This was obviously a huge moment for Nwaneri, but the fact Arteta had to name him on the bench for a Premier League fixture highlights how small Arsenal's squad still is. Nwaneri is an attacking midfielder who is known for his flair and his ability to run with the ball at his feet.
Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player in Premier League history on Sunday as he ...
It's for this reason that Mikel Arteta's decision to give Nwaneri a first-team opportunity could be so crucial. Ethan Nwaneri's weaknesses He made his debut five games into the 2022/23 Premier League 2 season, bagging an assist against players six years his senior.
Ethan Nwaneri made Premier League history when he came off the bench in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Brentford on Sunday and the appearance was just the latest ...
The likelihood is that he will move back down to continue his development with Wilshere’s under-18s and Mehmet Ali’s under-21s. The first buzz about Nwaneri came back in May 2021 when his goal on debut for the under-18s went viral. He scored on his under-18s debut, aged 14, and last month he scored for England’s under-17s after coming off the bench. That is a position Arteta has put a lot of investment into recently, signing Martin Odegaard and Vieira to complement academy graduate Emile Smith Rowe. The youngster is most comfortable in a No10 position, operating as an attack-minded midfielder. Nwaneri picked up two assists in the 4-2 win over Reading to earn praise from his manager Dan Micciche, who has since been replaced by Wilshere as under-18s boss. "Ethan and Omari in particular have both played international football of late, they can play the year up internationally. Although the young Gunners lost the match 1-0, Nwaneri was singled out for specific praise by Slough manager Neil Baker. The 15-year-old is used to playing above his age category. That is some weight on his shoulders, but unsurprisingly he has not come from nowhere at Arsenal. "We have the opportunities to bring young players on,” he said. He is such a big talent we want to keep with us.”
London — Ethan Nwaneri made Premier League history on Sunday as the Arsenal midfielder became the youngest ever player in the English top flight at 15 years ...
Nwaneri also set a new landmark for the youngest Arsenal player in any competition that was held by Cesc Fabregas. "We are pretty short and opportunities come when issues arise," said Arteta. London — Ethan Nwaneri made Premier League history on Sunday as the Arsenal midfielder became the youngest ever player in the English top flight at 15 years and 181 days.
At just 15 years and 181 days, Nwaneri is also the youngest player to make a Premier League appearance in the competition's history. Speaking after the match, ...
Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. You fall, you go back - that’s, unfortunately, this industry and the football career of any player.” “The reality is that it’s very difficult to actually make it happen, so big credit to the players for making it happen against what is a really good side that is really good at what they do.
15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri entered the field for Arsenal against Brentford as the away fans sang, "He's got school in the morning, school in the morning!"
Ludacris) He has appeared for both the England U-16 and U-17 side as a 14-year-old. That also broke a mark held by Harvey Elliott, who was part of the incredible 9-0 Liverpool win over Bournemouth just three days prior. 16 years, 198 days To put that in perspective, Romero's introduction beat a 60-year-old record by Kalman Gerencseri of Lens, whose mark of 15 years and 225 days had stood since 1960. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta handed the youngster his chance after impressing in preseason and first-team training.
Ethan Nwaneri, aged 15, made his professional football debut for one of Europe's biggest clubs, Arsenal on Sunday in the Premier League.
He developed into a competent player and made his U-18s debut for Arsenal. With Arsenal’s insufficiency in midfield after the injuries to Martin Odegaard and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Nwaneri was born on March 21, 2007, when Arsenal’s new stadium, Emirates Stadium, was completed and the club moved from their previous home ground, Highbury, in 2006. He set a record by becoming one of the [Premier League’s youngest players](https://khelnow.com/football/premier-league-top-10-youngest-players-history). The youngster, born in March 2007, came on as a substitute in the final moments of the game at Brentford. Despite only getting a 3-minute cameo, he created history by becoming the Premier League’s youngest player at the age of 15.
It was a dominant performance with William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus' first-half goals effectively putting the game beyond Brentford, before a Fabio Vieira ...
Ramsdale noticed and instantly pushed Nwaneri up to the front of the pack to soak up the praise of the Gunners fans. And Martinelli, to his credit, also sought to bring Nwaneri into the fold and put his arm around the youngster as the fans gave him a standing ovation. With the Arsenal players standing and applauding the fans, Nwaneri followed suit but standing behind the main group of players, almost as if he was too modest to go and fully seize the acclaim. It was brilliant to see Nwaneri in action at the highest-level English football has to offer. [Aaron Ramsdale](https://www.givemesport.com/aaron-ramsdale) perfectly summed up the togetherness in the [Arsenal](https://www.givemesport.com/arsenal) squad right now in a special moment with Ethan Nwaneri. The Gunners have enjoyed a dream start to the
Arsenal's 15-year-old debutant Ethan Nwaneri is the schoolboy who's been tracked by Man United and Liverpool and praised by Gunners legend Ian Wright... so, ...
From the celebrations, enjoy it he certainly did. 'All the decisions that we take and that I take are for the club. The boy just looks in your eyes and he's ready. [When he was coming on I said] just congratulations and enjoy.' 'They're not going to bring people in just for the sake of it. 'We will see how we manage that but the boy will dictate. 'When I met him, when I look at him, I had that feeling. So what has caught the Spaniard's eye? 'I told him yesterday that he was going to be with us and that I want him to experience how it is to be in the hotel, to do a preparation of the game to be around the boys and that he had to be ready. The Spaniard's 'gut feeling' ended up being a historic choice. so, what's next for the youngest EVER Premier League player? His team-mates were having none of that.
Ethan Nwaneri became the Premier League's youngest ever player yesterday when he came off the bench for Arsenal against Brentford, breaking the previous ...
Manchester City are renowned right now for one of if not the best academy around, and Nwaneri would certainly benefit from joining the club. 15 years old in the Premier League is a remarkable achievement, the hard part now for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal is keeping hold of the young midfielder, because clubs will lurk for such a unique talent. To be trusted in a Premier League game at that age you have to be special, and it's no surprise Premier League clubs are already swooping around the young player.
Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has revealed he is working towards a UEFA B coaching license, and has already coached wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri.
“It’s a big, big, big game not only for [the players] but the fans, the club. Looking ahead to that showdown, Xhaka concluded: “We showed always against Tottenham a good game at home. "We have to enjoy where we are at the moment, but I am not looking at the table. I was working a lot with the media staff to try and change the mind they had for me. “It’s a process of learning. “If you saw us one year ago, and you see us today, my opinion is a big bit different. It’s a process of mentality. Before he swaps his boots for a tactics board, though, Xhaka has plenty left in the tank for this resurgent Arsenal outfit. You can see a big difference to the other guys. We have to protect him, to take him on the side, because obviously football is not everything going up, not for him, not for anyone. He continued: “I’m doing my coaching license and I trained him in the Under-16s. With the likes of Per Mertesacker and Jack Wilshere already embedded in the academy setup, there’s certainly plenty of inspiration for that transition.
Mikel Arteta's initial interactions with Ethan Nwaneri left Arsenal's manager with 'the gut feeling' that the schoolboy would be ready to become the Premier ...
You have to protect him as he is very young but if he keeps going like this with his hard work he has a big, big future.’ ‘He looks old when I see him but the club can be proud of a player like him. That was in keeping with descriptions of Nwaneri not craving the spotlight. ‘Within 10 minutes he’d adapt to it and be the best player on the pitch. You can see a big difference with him and the other guys. ‘He’s comfortable wherever you play him,’ one Arsenal source said of Nwaneri, who also has a younger brother Emerson in the Gunners system.
Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri became the Premier League's youngest-ever player, making history when he came on as a sub in their match at Brentford.
In doing so, the midfielder became Arsenal's youngest-ever senior player, breaking the record held by [Cesc Fabregas](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/38886/Cesc-Fàbregas) (16 years, 5 months and 24 days). We will see how we manage that but the boy will dictate. The boy just looks in your eyes and he's ready. If you're going to be on that bench you have to be ready. In your career all the steps are not going to be forward. Vieira had earlier struck a superb goal in his first start for the club, while William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus were also on target as Arsenal moved back to the top of the table.