Arsenal Youth Archives: 03/2019

Arsenal have brought Reading’s former Head of Academy Player Development Lewis Goater to the club as coach of the u9s, according to reports.

Former Barcelona academy left-back Joel Lopez scored his first goal for Arsenal over the weekend, in a 5-2 victory over West Ham United u18s.

Arsenal u18 captain Matt Smith has had an impressive season in 2018/19, leading his team to the top of the table with some impressive goals and assists on the way.

Per Mertesacker has explained why Arsenal sent Emile Smith Rowe on loan to RB Leipzig in January and implied there will be more of those kinds of moves in the coming years.

Reiss Nelson returned to the Hoffenheim team on Saturday, after he was excluded from their previous game for disciplinary reasons.

Arsenal’s u18s defeated West Ham 5-2 on Saturday to continue their push for the league title, with Folarin Balogun playing a starring role once again.

Deyan Iliev has become the second member of Arsenal’s academy to receive a call-up for his country’s senior side before appearing for the Gunners’ first-team.

Arsenal 16-year-old Miguel Azeez scored the goal of the game in the u16 Premier League Cup final on Friday, even though his side went on to lose to Chelsea.

A story is doing the rounds claiming Arsenal have agreed to sign Marcelo Flores from Ipswich and the 15-year-old will join his sisters, Silvana and Tatiana who are already at the club, however, we actually signed him last summer.

Arsenal academy star Folarin Balogun has admitted he hasn’t decided whether he’s going to play for England, the USA or Nigeria internationally.

Arsenal’s Krystian Bielik could make Charlton’s squad for their game against Bristol Rovers this weekend although Lee Bowyer is not prepared to take any risks with him as he recovers from a hamstring problem.

Hannover 96 u19 coach, Stephan Schmidt, will join Per Mertesacker at Arsenal’s Academy to learn from the club and ‘familiarise himself with the English youth structures’.

Krystian Bielik missed Charlton’s game against Burton with a hamstring strain after missing out at the weekend against Portsmouth due to suspension.

Arsenal academy defender Daniel Ballard has been named in North Ireland’s senior squad for their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Estonia and Belarus.

During his last game for Arsenal’s u18s, Folarin Balogun was the star of the show with a goal, assist, and a beautiful rabona you can see below.

Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey is struggling on loan with Plymouth Argyle, even having trouble in his matches for the reserves while Emi Martinez enjoying the exact opposite at Reading.

Emile Smith Rowe has revealed he is a fan of Mesut Ozil and has been discussing his injury problems, when he will return from fitness, and his best position.

Sam Greenwood scored another goal on Friday to keep his strong form for the u18s going, but he also impressed supporters with some nice close control.

The Arsenal u16s have reached the final of the Premier League u16 Cup, and fans will be able to attend the match for free at Meadow Park next week.

Arsenal took a step closer to the u18 Premier League title with victory over Chelsea on Friday, comfortably easing past their London rivals 3-0.