Arsenal Reserves & Youths

Balogun scores again.

Talent. Probably the best since we lost Yunus :pleading_face:

No thread for Azeez or Balogun but these two players are the exciting prospects to keep tabs on.

Balogun was rested today so he may get some minutes on Thursday.

Why am I posting this? Probably to make myself feel better of the prospects we have, than the ones we have lostā€¦ #GnabryEffect

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Iā€™m worried Yunus is gonna be the next Gnabry or Arsenalā€™s Pogba. Marcelino was already involving him with the first team at 16 this summer. :confused:

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Arsenalā€™s U20 Talent is looking saucy man.

Dare to say it, but is this the golden generation where the investment and time in the academy/signing youth is paying of?

Matteo Guendouzi

William Saliba

Bukayo Saka

Gabriel Martinelli

Reiss Nelson

Joe Willock

Emile Smith-Rowe

Eddie Nketiah

Folarin Balogun

Tyreece John-Jules

Robbie Burton

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These are also likely to be fast tracked in the next 18 months to the U21s/Cup games IMO.

Azeez
Flores
Yunus

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Could add Coyle and Medley into the mix there as well

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Yunus left for Valencia merc. Unless thereā€™s another one.

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Phucccccccc, totally forgot about that one.

Btw Flores got 5 assist yesterday lol. Interesting to see how he develops.

First Iā€™m hearing of him. Arsenal dipping into the Mexican market. Interesting.

Mexico has some very good young talent. Not enough has translated as expected to top level.

We signed Flores from Ipswich Town in June 2018. He has 2 sisters who already play for Arsenal.

His sister confirmed in a interview about 7-8 months ago that he turned down moves to Barcelona, Liverpool, Man city and Spurs. His parents obviously thought it was logical for him to sign for the Gunners considering his 2 sisters are already representing Arsenal.

Mexican Father, English mother but born in Canada so letā€™s see who he plays for at International level. Hopefully he can develop at Arsenal and do well.

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What type of player is he? #10 or creative 8?

Apparently #10 - Attacking midfielder. States he is a fan of Gendouzi and idolises Hazard.

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Matt Law is probably the best man for Arsenal sources after Ornstein these days.

Even though heā€™s also a Chelsea journo.

Interesting decision. Iā€™ve been extremely pleased with the talent coming out of our academies lately. If it ainā€™t broke, why fix it? Guess there were things we didnā€™t know.

Another bald fraud gone. Slowly but surely weā€™re weeding them out.

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When does Steve officially leave then? toMorrow?

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Freddie not going to get long on this scenario. Hair today gone tomorrow.