ARSENAL fans have called for Ethan Nwaneri to be “PROMOTED” to the first team after seeing his goalscoring exploits for England’s Under-17s.
The Gunners starlet started in the Three Lions’ final UEFA Euro Under-17 Group D match with Spain on Monday night.
Greg Lincoln’s troops bounced back from the thumping they suffered at the hands of Portugal last week with a 3-1 win over the Spaniards.
Nwaneri, 17, scored the pick of the goals, finishing off a beautiful counter-attack with a slick outside-of-the-boot finish.
And his goal had fans calling for him to become a regular in Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad.
One of the Emirates faithful wrote on X: “He’s a star.”
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Another said: “This lad needs to play more for our first team serious talent.”
And another said: “He needs to be promoted to the first team next season and get League Cup and early FA Cup games.”
One remarked: “He’s taking ESR/Vieira minutes next season.”
Another chimed in: “I keep saying it and I’m not joking either this kid is very much good enough to play for our first team now.”
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Nwaneri is no stranger to being around Arsenal‘s first-team stars having been given a handful of appearances by Arteta.
He became the youngest-ever Premier League player in September 2022 when he made his first-team debut in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Brentford aged 15.
His last first-team outing came in the North Londoners’ 6-0 demolition of West Ham in February.
Nwaneri penned his first professional contract with Arsenal in March, after which he said: “I didn’t have to think about it – this is my family and it feels like home here!”
He added: “I’m delighted to have finally got to this stage after all the hard work over so many years.
“It’s a proud moment for me and my family to finally be here, so I’m happy and ready to keep working.
“It was the dream to get to this stage. I’ve always thought about when this day would come and I’ve been looking forward to it.
“So I’m happy it’s finally here.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
