Danny Murphy has criticised Mikel Arteta’s determination to convey on 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri throughout Arsenal’s Premier League victory over Brentford.
By coming off the bench in damage time, Nwaneri grew to become the youngest Premier League participant in historical past, breaking the document beforehand set by Harvey Elliott.
Nwaneri, who was born in 2007, was known as up for Arsenal first-team coaching for the primary time on Saturday, simply in the future earlier than the Brentford conflict.
Arsenal followers sung ‘He’s going to highschool within the morning!’ because the academy star, who has performed recurrently for the U18 group, made historical past within the English top-flight.
Former England midfielder Murphy says Nwaneri is a ‘tremendous expertise’ however has questioned Arteta’s determination to each embody him in his first-team squad and convey him on towards Brentford.
Arsenal clinched a 3-0 win in west London to make sure they sit prime of the Premier League going into the worldwide break.
‘I'm not satisfied it's the finest transfer for a younger participant, I’m actually not,’ Murphy informed talkSPORT when requested about Nwaneri’s involvement on Sunday.
‘I've seen superstars come on the scene at a younger age and thrive and go on and keep on, however there has additionally been quite a bit who've fallen by the wayside.
‘He's clearly a super-talent, doing nicely in coaching and impressing everyone, however certainly they have different 18, 19 and 20-year-olds who're additional forward of their growth who may have gone on the bench.
‘I believe Arteta might be attempting to maintain a younger famous person blissful however I’m unsure about it.’
Talking after Arsenal’s routine win at Brentford, Arteta defined why he determined to convey on Nwaneri.
He mentioned: ‘It was a sense that I had yesterday, I don’t know why.
‘The primary day I met him I seemed him in his eyes and everybody was telling me about him, Per was telling me about him, and due to the accidents we solely have 12 or 13 senior gamers yesterday to place within the squad and we determined to convey him, and that’s it.
‘It’s one step, one expertise, so take pleasure in it and congratulations! It’s only one step and all of the steps in your profession are usually not ahead and it's a must to know that.
‘You may go ahead then backwards after which forwards. You fall, you return – that’s, sadly, this business and the soccer profession of any participant.’
On Arsenal’s win, Arteta added: ‘That’s the sport that ideally we needed to play right here.
‘The fact is that it’s very tough to really make it occur, so massive credit score to the gamers for making it occur towards what's a very good facet that's actually good at what they do.
‘They put groups beneath strain consistently and have a superb crowd, however we have now managed to dominate the sport and totally deserve the factors.’
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