Mikel Arteta has called up 19-year-old Arsenal youngster Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand to first-team training ahead of their fixture against Brentford this weekend.
Since taking over as Arsenal manager, Arteta hasn’t been afraid to show faith in younger players. The Spanish manager handed Ethan Nwaneri his Premier League debut at the age of 15, making him the youngster-ever play to play in the Premier League.
Now, Arteta has once again shown how important the academy players can be at Arsenal as he calls up Salah-Eddine to first-team training, as seen in the picture below.
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Salah-Eddine is a Dutch footballer who has played for his country’s youth teams on occasion. Clearly, the 19-year-old is highly rated at the club considering Arteta is willing to allow him to join in with first-team training.
This could simply be to allow the youngster to get a taste of first-team action and try and gain some experience rather than a hint that he could be involved against Brentford in the Premier League at the weekend.
Salah-Eddine was sent out on loan to Hull City at the beginning of the season but was sent back to Arsenal due to injury.
Calling young star to the senior training is a different thing featuring him is another different thing apart from Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe and lately Eddie Nketiah no young players has featured prominently in Arteta squad even Reise Nelson has not featured prominently though i believe he is trying to make them to be brave but i want to warn Arteta to not make mistake Wenger made i am reading that he want to sell Florin Balogun because if he do it will hurt him for a long time because no strike is above each other what matters is featuring the player and having faith in him Balogun score a lot of goals in his junior team career he is beginning to show case it now he js matured it is going to be let down when we are trying to look for other junior players who has not prove themselves like he did i feel Arteta is not yet to prove he can trust these young players both Bukayo Saka, Nddie and Smith Rowe are introduce by Emery while Reise Nelson was introduce by Wenger Joe Wilox was also introduce by Emery i want him Arteta to groom all these our young players till they make a good squad we set the pace others follows