Mikel Arteta has reportedly called up four youth players to his Arsenal first-team squad to face Fleetwood Town, in addition to Marli Salmon and Max Dowman.
Isaan Khan of the Daily Mail reports that Arsenal youth quartet Ceadach O’Neill, Maalik Hashi, Andre Harriman-Annous, and Marcell Washington are all set to be in the first-team squad to face Fleetwood Town in the fourth round of the League Cup on Tuesday night.
Khan adds that Marli Salmon and Max Dowman will also be included, and the pair are likely to start the match.
The report follows rumours on social media that O’Neill is set to start as well, though this remains unconfirmed at this stage.
Arsenal fans will already be well aware of young centre-back Salmon and midfielder/winger Dowman, and supporters who followed pre-season closely would also have had a look at 18-year-old forward O’Neill.
O’Neill has already made the senior squad this season, featuring on the bench against Lille. He also made the bench for two of Arsenal’s FA Cup matches last season.
But the teenager is yet to make his on-field debut, and that could be set to change on Tuesday. Primarily a centre-forward, O’Neill is also capable of playing on the wings.
Fellow versatile forward Harriman-Annous made his first Arsenal start in the League Cup last season, before making his Champions League debut from the bench against Slavia Praha.
Then midfielder Hashi and left-back Washington are both waiting on their first senior appearances. There’s hardly going to be a better opportunity than against Fleetwood on Tuesday night.
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