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Player Profile: Jon Toral

One of the more high-profile youngsters in Arsenal's set-up, with his transfer from Barcelona last year having evoked anger from the Catalans, Jon Toral has...

2012 brings about important decisions on established contingent

2012 will doubtless provide the opportunity for several further youngsters to edge closer to the first-team picture, through training sessions and Carling Cup cameos, but,...

Player Profile: Anthony Jeffrey

First-year scholar Anthony Jeffrey was previously named as one of the three fastest boys of his age in the country and, having put his athletics...

Youngsters looking forward to 2012 after disappointing end to year

Much has happened in the past week with regards to Arsenal's youth system, and, on the face of it, the majority of the events that...

Player Profile: Ignasi Miquel

If Ignasi Miquel had been told at the beginning of the season that he would feature in Premier League games against Liverpool and Manchester City...

Youth Cup provides an opportunity to shine

Arsenal have a rich history in the FA Youth Cup having won the competition on seven occasions, most recently in 2009, but have exited at the...

Player Profile: Elton Monteiro

Whereas Serge Gnabry, as documented last week, has made a scintillating start to his Arsenal career, another youngster who joined the club from abroad, Elton Monteiro,...

Arsenal youngsters show pros and cons of loan system

Arsenal, perhaps more than any other club, have been frequent users of the loan system in recent years for various purposes. The most common reason for...

Player Profile: Serge Gnabry

The acquisitions of Jon Toral and Hector Bellerin from Barcelona in the summer garnered much publicity, but another player who arrived in the close season...

Reflections on the benefits of this season’s Carling Cup

Arsenal's Carling Cup exits in recent seasons have tended to be tinged with immense feelings of disappointment. The humiliation at the hands of Burnley in...

Arsenal duo take their talents to England’s third tier

Luke Freeman and Chuks Aneke know eachother well enough, having featured regularly for Arsenal together, first for the under-18s and then at Reserve level, for...

Watt faced with contrasting examples of potential career paths

For all the time spent on the training field and all of the minutes of action they receive at reserve and youth level, sometimes it...

Difficult decisions to be made on hopefuls

This season, the Arsenal Academy passed the landmark of 50 internally-produced players having represented the first-team in a competitive fixture. For some of the youngsters...

Promising pair could provide long-term competition for Szczesny

Following the loss of form and, subsequently, the departure of Jens Lehmann during his maiden spell at the club, the Arsenal goalkeeping position became something...

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