Ethan Nwaneri Targets Bigger Role With Arsenal After Signing Long-term Deal

Ethan Nwaneri has said he feels astatine location astatine Arsenal aft signing a caller semipermanent woody and is wished to build connected his breakthrough season.

It is understood Nwaneri, nan youngest Premier League debutant aft playing for Arsenal aged 15 years and 181 days successful 2022, has signed a five-year woody contempt liking from Chelsea and clubs successful Germany.

The 18-year-old was nan youngest personnel of England’s victorious under-21 squad astatine this summer’s European title and has made 39 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 9 goals. In January he became only nan 3rd player, aft Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, to people 3 Premier League goals earlier his 18th birthday.

Premier League regulations meant he had been utilizing a abstracted changing room to nan remainder of Arsenal’s elder players until turning 18 successful March and Nwaneri said connected Friday he was looking guardant to a bigger domiciled astatine nan nine he joined arsenic an eight-year-old.

“Signing this statement intends everything to me,” he said. “I spot this arsenic my first existent play successful men’s elder football, arsenic portion of nan squad successful nan changing room. I’m truthful excited for what I tin bring to nan team. I want to thief america triumph arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable and bring happiness and glory to nan club. This is wherever I consciousness astatine home. I deliberation I’ve really go much nonstop complete nan past fewer years and I’ve added much goals, truthful I’m excited for what will travel next.”

Along pinch Myles Lewis-Skelly, who besides signed a caller semipermanent Arsenal statement this summertime aft breaking into nan first squad and making his elder England debut, Nwaneri is regarded arsenic 1 of nan champion young prospects to person emerged from Arsenal’s Hale End academy successful caller years. Max Dowman has been tipped to travel successful their footsteps and nan 15-year-old was praised by Mikel Arteta aft Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat by Villarreal successful a pre-season friends connected Wednesday, erstwhile Nwaneri started successful midfield.

“He continues to impress, without a doubt,” nan head said of Dowman. “The effect he had successful nan crippled again, nan ratio that he shows successful each onslaught and action, it’s incredible. He deserves to person chances, and if he continues for illustration this, let’s spot what happens.”