‘Outstanding’ Arsenal teenager ‘a real part’ of first team with debut brace proving he belongs

David Ornstein feels Arsenal teenager Ethan Nwaneri is now a real part of the club s first team, following a brace in his first senior start, in the League Cup.

Nwaneri made his debut as an Arsenal first-team player at 15 years old, in a one-minute Premier League cameo against Brentfod in 2022/23, the only time he was included in a top-flight squad that season.

Two years later, he made his first senior start for the Gunners, and made it count, bagging a brace in a 5-1 victory over Bolton in the League Cup, in which he played the full 90 minutes.

Ornstein feels the youngster has shown himself to be a genuine first-team option with that performance.

He s [Mikel Arteta] shown confidence in Nwaneri, who I thought was absolutely outstanding tonight, if you w…