Arsenal Youth Archives: 08/2016

Arsenal new boy, Kelechi Nwakali, has confirmed that the Twitter handles currently online claiming to be him are fake as he’s not on Twitter.

Three Arsenal loanees were (not) in action this weekend, here is a roundup of what happened.

Arsenal’s u23s are having an even worse time than the senior team!

Chris Willock has been called up to the England u19 squad for their double header against the Netherlands and Belgium in September.

Dan Crowley got himself on the scoresheet for Oxford United but his superb goal was merely a consolation as the U’s lost 4-2 at home to Brighton.

18-year-old Tyrell Robinson has scored while on trial with West Brom’s u23s.

After Arsenal’s u23s lost 1-0 to Manchester City on Friday night, Ben Sheaf insisted that he doesn’t believe the Young Guns deserved to lose.

Back in January, we brought your attention to Arsenal’s 12-year-old wonderkid, Omari Hutchinson, and now he’s at it again.

Jon Toral played 73 minutes of Granada’s 1-1 draw with Villarreal on Saturday evening as La Liga got underway.

Dan Crowley played nine minutes for Oxford United as they grabbed all three points thanks to an injury time penalty against Peterborough on Saturday afternoon.

Arsenal’s u23s lost again in Premier League 2 after they were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City on Friday night.

Many young players have come and gone through Arsenal’s doors; not many of them make the splash that fans expect; in fact, as of late, the majority have crashed and burned rather spectacularly.

FC Utrecht seem set to play Tafari Moore in their youth team despite Arsenal saying the 19-year-old would now ‘test himself in the top tier of Dutch football.’

Arsenal have confirmed that Tafari Moore will spend this season on loan with FC Utrecht, a club he first trained with towards the end of July.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles has set his sights on cracking the Arsenal first team after a loan spell with Ipswich last season.

Ryan Huddart did not enjoy the best night between the sticks for Eastleigh as they lost 4-2 at home to Dover as he opened the scoring for the visitors.

Serge Gnabry’s people have let it be known in Germany that a new contract for the player at Arsenal is ‘just a formality’ after the Olympics as the player continues to be linked with a loan move to Hertha Berlin.

Jon Toral scored yet another goal for Granada v Mallorca in a pre-season friendly.

Arsenal’s u18s got off to a fantastic start to the U18 Premier League in their Saturday opener against Aston Villa at London Colney.

Three Arsenal loanees played on Saturday with varying results.