Arsenal Starlet Ethan Nwaneri is now confronted with an intense competition for a place in the Mikel Arteta team with Ebereechi Eze that comes in, and that transfer comes only a few weeks after the teenager has signed a new contract
Top Arsenal Prospect Ethan Nwaneri can feel forced to leave the club. And the suggestion comes just a few weeks after he had written a new contract at the Emirates Stadium.
It was a busy summer of editions and income at Arsenal, who also bound various existing players to new deals, including exciting attacker Nwaneri. He wrote history in 2022 when he became the youngest player of the club ever who appeared for the first team at the age of just 15 years and 181 days.
Earlier this month, the club announced that the now 18-year-old, who has been with the club since the age of eight, had signed a new “long-term contract”. Nwaneri was supposed to want guarantees about playing time before he brought his future to the club, and he will of course hope for more opportunities for the first team in the new season.
But Nwaneri Die last season 37 performances did not make up in all matches in the opening day 1-0 win at Manchester United. He is now confronted with stiffer competition for a place in the team of both established players and newcomers, while Arsenal goes hunting to the Premier League title and other trophies.
Ebereechi Eze is now ready to follow Viktor Gyokores, defender Crithian Mosquera, midfielder Martin Zubimendi, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, midfielder Christian Norgaard and Noni Madueke to make the switch to the Emirates this summer.
With the attacking arrivals in mind, Former Watford and Birmingham City striker Troy Deeney thinks that Nwaneri might have to look for meadows who are new to continue his development. Deeney said Talksport: “When I am Ethan Nwaneri, I am 17 years old and I am told that I am going to play more and then I will not play against Manchester United [he was an unused substitute]… as older people we know that that was not really the game for him.
'But like a 17-year-old [you’re thinking]'You told me I'm going to play, now I don't play. You have taken an extra wing player, Leandro Trossard has drawn a new deal, now you bring in Eze, which plays exactly in my place, I will have to leave. '
“They are the kind of conflicts that emerges. He is only 17, but he wants to play.”
In the meantime, Deeney has questioned the chase of Arsenal van Eze, who was about to join Tottenham before the Gunners hit and a £ 67.5 million deal matched the Crystal Palace attacker. Deeney said: 'I love the move for the player, [but] I don't get it personally.
“If he goes to Spurs, he can go inside like a number 10, what he wants to do. If they still want to put it on the left, he is still the best left wing player they have there.
“With Arsenal, if he wants to play as 10, they have to fall [Martin] Odegaard, who is the captain and Arteta loves him. He did not drop him, not even if he wasn't [in good form]. “
Nevertheless, the approaching signing of Eze is a declaration of intent from Arsenal, because they offer to win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years. Mikel Arteta also wants to put an end to his drought from the trophy, which extends to the 2020 FA Cup.
“We show the ambition that we are here to win big trophies and to continue to evolve and improve every year and that is part of requirements and those requirements are clear,” said Arteta.
“We want to be in the front in the competition, not just haunting or responding or being behind, but for that and every decision we make in every area of the club is to achieve that.”