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Nwaneri became the Premier League's youngest ever player at 15 years
and 181 days when he came on for Arsenal against Brentford
Gabriel Martinelli (left) pointing to Ethan Nwaneri (right)
The youngster came off the bench for Arenal in their 3-0 win against Brentford after
91 minutes of playtime making him the youngest player in premier league history.
The attacking midfielder was playing regular U16 football last season and has now
made his senior debut for the Gunners.
He had been expected to spend the season with the Under-18s but was quickly
promoted to the Under-21s.
On 8 August, he scored in a 3-0 win after coming on as a substitute for England in
an Under-17s game against the Faroe Islands.
Injuries to captain Martin Odegaard and Oleksandr Zinchenko had left Arteta short of
midfield options against Brentford.
"It was a pure gut feeling," added the Arsenal boss when asked about the moment
he decided to send Nwaneri on.
"I met the boy and really liked what I saw. Per Mertesacker and the academy staff
are giving me really good information, Edu as well. I met him, he's trained a couple of
times with us.
"Yesterday he had to come because we have injuries, especially the injury of Martin
Odegaard, and then I had that feeling from yesterday that if the opportunity could
come that I was going to do it and I just did it."
Arsenal fans will be following him hopefully in the hopes that he can follow in the
footsteps of other Arsenal youngsters like Martinelli and Saliba.
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