Arsenal Youth Archives: 12/2019

Arsenal youngster Stan Flaherty attended Newcastle United’s match against Everton on Saturday, after spending time on trial with the club.

Six players from the Arsenal academy ranks joined senior training ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Arsenal defender Harry Clarke signed a new long-term contract with the club this week, after establishing himself with the u23s.

Mikel Arteta held his first training session as head coach on Thursday, and six of the academy players joined in with the senior group.

There’s a whole lot going on at Arsenal today and not very much at all, so let’s take a look at the top five stories so far today.

The Arsenal academy capped off the year with a third-round FA Youth Cup win over Cheltenham Town through a penalty shootout on Wednesday.

Arsenal u23s won the second game of their PL International Cup campaign against Dinamo Zagreb u23s on Tuesday in dramatic style, with Tyreece John-Jules the star of the show.

A table on the ‘minutes played by academy graduates last season’ at Arsenal reveals Unai Emery wasn’t as good at integrating youth as some make out.

Arsenal face Dinamo Zagreb in the second match of the Premier League International Cup on Tuesday, after beating Villarreal in their opening game.

Arsenal u16 Omari Hutchinson is in excellent form at the moment, and he scored a brace against Crystal Palace over the weekend.

Gabriel Martinelli is the second highest scoring teenager in Europe at present and you can’t help but think if he was English or at another club the mainstream media would be wetting themselves over him.

Arsenal u23s slipped to a surprising defeat to Brighton on Friday, finishing the game with 10 men after Robbie Burton picked up two yellow cards.

17-year-old midfielder Catalin Cirjan signed a professional contract with Arsenal this week, after joining from Romania over the summer.

17-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper Tom Smith signed professional terms with the club on Thursday, after winning the title with the u18s last season.

Tyreece John-Jules, James Olayinka and Robbie Burton could make their Arsenal debuts on Thursday, joining the first-team squad in Liege.

Ben Sheaf had a difficult game against Milton Keynes Dons over the weekend, and we spoke to a Doncaster Rovers fansite for the lowdown.

With another month of the season gone, let’s have a look at how Arsenal’s loanees are doing with their respective clubs.

Trae Coyle and Nathan Tormey both played key roles as Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 on Friday, and their recent form has been pivotal.

Arsenal u23s went top of the league, for a day, after beating Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at Meadow Park on Friday.

Released former Arsenal 16-year-old Malcolm Ebiowei has concluded his trial at West Ham with more trials planned, according to reports.