Three Arsenal youngsters trained with the first-team this week, giving us another hint at who might be the next to step up to the senior side for future fixtures.

Spotted in training pictures amongst the likes of Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, three Arsenal academy prospects got the chance to test themselves against the best players the club have to offer.

Let’s have a look at who they are, how each of them are performing this season and how close they are to the first team:

1Charlie Gilmour

Charlie Gilmour
Charlie Gilmour
  • Age: 19
  • Position: Defensive midfield
  • Youth appearances (2018/19): 10
  • Youth goals (2018/19): 2
  • Youth assists (2018/19): 1

Gilmour has been around the first-team for a while now, without making his debut. He made the bench for a Europa League match against BATE Borisov last season but didn’t quite manage to get on the pitch. Arsene Wenger gave chances to Joe Willock and Marcus McGuane that night, so there wasn’t much room for another youth midfielder.

The young Scotland u19 international has since nailed down a starting spot for the u23s, after being in and out of the team for much of last season. As a result, he’s starting to hover around the senior side once again, as shown by this latest appearance in training.

Gilmour is a physical defensive midfielder with a good pass on him, and he was at his best in a dominant performance against Tottenham u23s back in August.

The Brighton-born teenager is in Arsenal’s Europa League squad, on the B-list, so he’s available for FC Vorskla or Qarabag if Unai Emery decides to rotate. The head coach may well decide he needs to do so, as Arsenal have a number of big Premier League matches to think about in December.

Click ‘Next’ for the second member of the Arsenal academy participating in first-team training this week

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