Arsenal Youth Archives: 09/2019

Arsenal loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu was benched for the third match in a row over the weekend, and he’s yet to play a single minute under new head coach Thomas Reis.

Bukayo Saka introduced himself to the footballing world this season and, speaking on this week’s Daily Cannon weekly podcast, host Matthew Wade extolled his virtues.

Ben Cottrell returned from injury to score as the Arsenal u18s defeated Wolves 3-0 in their first match of the u18 Premier League Cup.

Reiss Nelson and Matteo Guendouzi have been named on the 40-strong Golden Boy shortlist, although with only 1% of the vote between them, it seems a long shot that either will win it.

In the summer of 2017, we picked out 10 youth players to keep an eye on and with Arsenal focusing once again on youngsters in the first team, I decided to take a look and see what had happened to those players.

Hector Bellerín completed his first 90 minutes since injury as Folarin Balogun scored again in a 2-2 draw against Liverpool u23s on Saturday.

Ben Sheaf played another 90 minutes in a 2-0 win over Peterborough on Saturday, so here’s our report on the performance with Rovers fansite Into The Empty Net.

David Luiz believes Gabriel Martinelli has the potential to become a fantastic player in the future, adding that he hopes to pass on some of his experience to the teenager.

Miguel Azeez has agreed a three-year contract with Arsenal with an option to extend by a further two years before the end of 2021/22.

Sam Greenwood scored yet another free-kick as he got back amongst the goals on Saturday for the first time since his recent injury, despite a heavy defeat to Brighton.

Tyreece John-Jules and Folarin Balogun once again made their case for a League Cup opportunity by getting involved in a couple of goals for Arsenal against Wolves on Friday.

Bukayo Saka scored one and assisted two more for the Arsenal first team on Thursday, and it’s fair to say not many reporting on the youth teams would’ve been surprised.

After a couple more appearances by Arsenal loanee Ben Sheaf for Doncaster Rovers, we caught up with fansite Into The Empty Net for an update on his performances.

Arsenal u23 year coach Steve Bould has praised Tyreece John-Jules after a brace from the 18-year-old striker at the weekend.

Arsenal u23s face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday, as they look to continue their unbeaten start to the Premier League 2 season.

Arsenal are set to beat Manchester United to the signing of Sunderland 15-year-old Logan Pye, according to reports.

Konstantinos Mavropanos finally made his return from injury with the Arsenal u23s on Saturday, playing 67 minutes against Leicester.

Bukayo Saka started at left-back for the England u19s on Monday, a change from his usual role as a winger with Arsenal.

Tyreece John-Jules scored twice as Arsenal u23s came from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Sam Greenwood has signed a professional contract with Arsenal, according to reports, after turning 17 on Saturday.