Ryan Huddart played for Bradford on Tuesday night after being released by Arsenal and it didn’t go so well.

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Bradford took on Guiseley in their opening pre-season fixture.

They lost 2-1 despite taking the lead early in the second half. Huddart played in goal for the second 45, conceding both goals. The winner came two minutes from time.

Guiseley play in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football. Bradford play in League One, the third.

Huddart was one of a number of players who were released by the club this summer with the goalkeeping department taking a particularly heavy hit.

He signed for Arsenal in 2013, arriving from Charlton as a highly promising 16-year-old.

Despite Arsenal struggling to find a competent keeper for the first team, Huddart was unable to take advantage of the poor quality at the club and didn’t manage a single senior appearance.

In total, he played 23 times for Arsenal at u23, u19 and u18 level as well as seven times for Eastleigh during a loan there in the second half of the 16/17 season.

Hugo Keto

Another young keeper released by Arsenal this summer was 20-year-old Hugo Keto who has now signed for Brighton.

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“We are delighted to welcome Hugo to the club,” Brighton u23 coach, Simon Rusk, told their official site.

“He comes here with a good grounding after his time at Arsenal and will add some good competition for places in the goalkeeping positions.

“I look forward to working with him closely during pre-season, and to see how he develops during his time at the club.”

Arsenal signed Keto from Finnish side, HJK Helsinki in 2014. His standout highlight from his time at Arsenal came in a penalty shootout in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final in 2015/16 when he made three fine saves to deny Coventry City.

Keto made 32 appearances for Arsenal across the u18, u19 and u23 teams.

He kept nine cleansheets during those games and conceded 42 goals.

Arsenal released nine players this summer

The list of out-of-contract players without an offer on the table (and therefore leaving the Arsenal team) is as follows:

• Marc Bola
• Santi Cazorla
• Alexander Crean
• Aaron Eyoma
• Ryan Huddart
• Chiori Johnson
• Hugo Keto
• Per Mertesacker
• Tafari Moore