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Articles by John Redmond

arsenal youth fa cup win 2009

Arsenal’s class of 2009: Where are they now?

Arsenal in the past have done well in youth competition, having won the FA Youth Cup and Premier Academy League in 2009. One would hope that these players would have kicked on and earned the right to represent the first team at some point. Eight years on, it’s worth looking at where they are now.

Shkodran Mustafi

The making of Mustafi

Despite the desire and courage required to leave his home town in 2009, Mustafi only achieved his dream of playing in England’s highest tier in 2016.