Arsenal u18s

Arsenal u18s’ title aspirations have been left hanging by a thread as they suffered a 3-1 away defeat against Chelsea on Tuesday afternoon.

A hat-trick after just 19 minutes from highly-rated Reiss Nelson, coupled with strikes either side of the interval by Donyell Malen helped Arsenal u18s to a comprehensive 5-1 thrashing away against Blackburn.

A hat-trick of penalties from captain, Charlie Gilmour, along with Tyreece John-Jules’ first goal at u18 level sealed a comprehensive victory for Arsenal in Tier One of this year’s Merit Group

Nathan Tella is set to to leave Arsenal and it looks as if he could be heading for Southampton.

Vlad Dragomir proved pivotal with two assists that ensured Arsenal u18s drew with Reading in their first Merit Group fixture.

Josh Dasilva’s second-half finish wasn’t enough for Arsenal u18s as they were defeated by Tottenham in the final regular fixture of this season’s campaign

Arsenal’s u18s followed up the win from the u23s on Friday with one of their own against Swansea.

Emile Smith-Rowe bagged a brace as Arsenal ran out 3-0 winners over West Ham on Saturday morning.

Emile Smith-Rowe made a fantastic return from injury with a stoppage-time winner as Arsenal u18s overturned a one-goal deficit to beat Norwich City 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Nathan Tella is closing in on a move to Championship side Reading, according to reports.

Donyell Malen scored and created an assist as Arsenal u18s secured an impressive 3-0 away victory over Leicester City on Saturday afternoon.

Injuries are a common occurrence in a physical sport such as football and can seriously hamper development at youth level, something that right-back Jordi Osei-Tutu is thankful to not have experience of.

2016 was a whirlwind year for talented defender Daniel Ballard after being release and then resigned by the club in a move he described as unheard of.

Arsenal u18s have been knocked out of this year’s FA Youth Cup after a surprise 1-0 defeat in the third-round of the prestigious competition.

Given a professional contract to celebrate his 17th birthday, it’s fair to say that talented winger, Reiss Nelson, has earned praise and rave reviews alike for an excellent 2016.

Arsenal have completed the signing of centre-back Zech Medley on a scholarship deal, following a successful trial.

Edward Nketiah continued his red-hot goalscoring form with his 10th goal at u18 level this season while Joe Willock equalised from the penalty spot shortly afterwards.

Having joined Arsenal at u9 level, Josh Benson is a talented English midfielder with plenty of promise

Tobi Omole, who turns 17 in mid-December, is one of Arsenal’s defensive prospects developing at the Academy.

Edward Nketiah continued his impressive goalscoring run, netting his 8th goal of the u18 Barclays Premier League season – but it was not enough for Kwame Ampadu’s youngsters to secure all three points in a top-of-the-table clash with West Ham.