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afrodoc2:
He scored the goals with the Under-18s not just Under-16. It is now clear many of you don't even follow your academy but want to make assertions you don't know about. This is not speculation but what some of us followed as it happened.

March 16 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 3 goals against Crystal Palace

March 30 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 4 goals against Fulham

April 6 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 1 goal against West Brom

April 9 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 2 goals against Brighton

April 13 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 5 goals against West Ham

April 20 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 1 goal against Villa

April 27 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 7 against Norwich

May 4 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 1 against Spurs

May 11 Arsenal Under-18 he scored 3 against Chelsea

27 goals in his last 9 Under-18 games of the season.

Leyqute:
This is the reason I’ve been arguing all along. A smart club doesn’t only develop talents for their own team. If they can’t make it at the club, they can make it elsewhere, but at a profit to the club.

iamoyindamola:
As in how hard is that
If you won't use them, then sell and make gain not lose for free
This shouldn't be hard

germaphobe:

Deltamani:
Canada 🍁 WNT soccer appeal dismissed

isan:
So is Nigeria a single person? You have to name the organization or the person that has wronged you any way to clean up the system

iamoyindamola:
Chelsea got 25m for a player they got for free
Is that a good or bad business let's hear it?

mostob:
E connect bro. If we add two more midfielders as suggested by you, e go affect Ethan.

Playing Ethan won't shock anybody. He was the one who gave the lad his debut at 16.

GeneralDae:
He’s supposed to have resigned or be sacked. When quick decisions are taken and people are shown no mercy for mediocrity, the system gets better.

isan:
So from Olympic we go move to U20 world cup ... Hopefully we get a breakthrough striker

isan:
Honestly I hate it when people say things like Nigeria has failed me or Nigeria has happened.... that's sounds like a perfect cover for people commiting these crimes

isan:
Instead of just saying Nigeria generally, there's a particular body or person responsible for this madness he/she should be named and publicly shamed

PDPGuy:
It’s a freaking disgrace

mostob:
They care bro. I don't know what goes on there but most organizations frown on dating among their employees. This is to enable them stay professional.

mostob:
Winger? You get like 3 already now and 4 if you add Jesus.

Now, let me ask you this. You're criticising Arteta on top this academy matter moment ago. Same you posted we needed at least 2 midfielders. Now what should we do with Ethan? How will Ethan get to play if we sign two midfielders in addition to the 5 we have?

Deltamani:
Meet Imane Khelif, a boxer who was banned from the Women's World Box Championships in 2023 because he is a man.

However, Khelif is being allowed to compete in women's Olympic boxing in Paris.

ObaIgwe1:
Arteta primary role is not building the academy. That is the primary job of our age group managers.

You can only blame Arteta if there is a shinning star from our academy that escaped Arteta to go and shine in another team without effort to keep him at Arsenal,

Also, stars are not born everyday. In the past 5 years you said, how many stars have come out from all the football academies in Europe?

The demand from our 1st team players at Arsenal is Very high, most academy players will not make it to that top, some will go for other careers, some will join lower leagues, some will end up with mid table range teams and some will go round and round and later make it to the top and very few stars will have an accelerated growth to the 1st team.

This is life! It is what it is... It's not Arsenal or Arteta's fault.

lovewins:
Context? Link?

ObaIgwe1:
Like I said, the challenge is to prove you are better than those currently playing your position at the top. I don't know any of our present academy players that are better than those presently playing their positions in the 1st team or even on the 1st team bench. Sometimes injuries to many 1st team players/bench force the manger to look and pick players from the academy, but for our team we have players that can play in many positions, so looking to the academy for help in time of injuries is rare.

I cannot blame Arteta, the pressure is on him to win something... even when he is not using Academy players, he still has not won us something big. So If I have the opportunity to speak to him, I will tell him to focus on winning us a Trophy and let other managers worry about developing our academy.

Question 1: Since Arteta came, how many of our academy players that left has made us regret their leaving? If they are not the best for the teams they left us to join, they are prolly not the best for our 1st team.... It's lonely at the top, very few made it to that top.

Question 2: From the chat you gave, how many of the Top 6 teams use teenagers that developed from their own academy?

ObaIgwe1:
Let us put things in proper perspective.

No manager will guarantee an academy player a regular start. The player has to fight for it especially in a top club like Arsenal where coming 2nd is seen as Failure. It is not every season we see an U16 or U18 potential talents being upgraded to 1st team just like that, I mean how many U18 players are playing regularly in top clubs across Europe?

If Ronaldo at 38, Lukaku and many others matured players at the top are working hard to make sure they are still delivering results, no manager will relegate them simply because they want to give room to the younger ones. There is a small room at the top and no matter how hard all the academy players try, not all of them will make it to the very top. So the burden is on them to work twice harder to displace those already at the top.

Chido was given an accelerated pathway to 1st team, all he needed was to prove himself worthy. Look if you are good, even if the manager hates your face, he will use you because the manager needs results. Even up till the end of last season, Chido has not proven himself that he deserves to be a regular starter with U21, because the manager believes there are better players ahead of him. There is no sentiments to this thing. Every manager wants to win and they will not just field you because they want to help build you up especially if that will make them lose a match.

This is how exceptional Talents emerge: Even though the Academy player is U16, if he is seen as exceptional at his level, he might be invited by U18 or U21 once in while... If he proves himself at that level, he would not be allowed to go back to U16 again... same applies when he plays with the 1st team. Many times if there is no room at the top for the player to play regularly at his club, he would be sent out on loan to some midrange clubs to develop. All that the player needs to do is prove that his bright performances are no fluke and he can deliver spectacular results consistently. No top manager will overlook such talent if proven when given opportunities.

The fact that Chido scored 10 goals in a match does not automatically mean he is ripe for U21 or 1st team. He needs to earn the right to play there like Saka. What a brilliant Academy Player like him need is guarantee opportunities to prove himself at higher level. Apart from opportunity to play with U21, Arteta was even drafted to personally give Chido guarantee of training with the 1st team and opportunity to play with the 1st team whenever the chance comes. Still he was not satisfied. I don't know what more he is looking for but my own personal conclusion is that the guy is not Arsenal tokan-tokan (diehard). I pray he finds whatever he is looking for but I cannot blame anyone at Arsenal for his departure.

Roland17:
Make of it what you want. But make no mistake about it, this isn't about the money. This is about a "clear" pathway to the first team for Chido.

mostob:
Lol.. maximum of 3. That Jose Garcia in case Ramsdale leave. I don't see him signing two midfielders when Partey is still around. And then, he will either sign a striker or a wide forward (Like Isak, Rashford)

mostob:
Not one of the staff abeg... even though they're pretty. Man must not sh"t where he works.

Jodera:
E be like say na midfielder be the next target sef cos I'm seeing that Sane news as rumors (at least for now).

For now, I think his focus is on midfield but hopefully we'll add attackers (which I doubt). I think he's seeing F.Viera as saka deputy and probably Jesus. And with Jesus and Havertz fit, I doubt we'll go for any no 9

TheSuperNerd:
"Avoiding" is the wrong word. Truth is they want him BUT can't Match the lad's valuation at present especially with other spendings already done in other departments and being planned.
And it is also still early in the market to rush in for a striker of Osimhen's caliber unless you have the exact release clause value to pay. Summer still dey start... watch and see.

iamoyindamola:
That’s true his ex broke the news sef in a somehow breakup message on IG

mostob:


He no fit lose focus lailai... And his English is good.

Heard Wenger was the one who discussed him with Arteta a year ago. Wenger said the guy remind him of Petit and since then Arteta and Edu have been keeping tab on him.

dankorode:
you for not post this kind picture nah