Good afternoon Gooners, sorry for the lack of action over the past week or so.
Today, Arsenal released their squad for this season's Champions League. The most notable addition is seventeen year old German winger Serge Gnabry, perhaps vindicating rumours he will be fast-tracked into the first team this year.
Below is the preliminary squad. Please note the so called 'B list' has yet to be confirmed, but will most likely contain the likes of Jack Wilshere, Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin, so refrain from freaking out when you don't see those names below!
Goalkeepers:
1. Wojciech Szczesny,
21. Lukas Fabianski,
24. Vito Mannone
Defenders:
3. Bacary Sagna,
4. Per Mertesacker,
5. Thomas Vermaelen,
6. Laurent Koscielny,
11. Andre Santos,
18. Seb Squillaci,
20. Johan Djourou,
25. Carl Jenkinson,
28. Kieran Gibbs
Midfielders:
2. Abou Diaby,
7. Tomas Rosicky,
8. Mikel Arteta,
15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,
16. Aaron Ramsey,
19. Santi Cazorla,
23. Andrey Arshavin,
27. Gervinho,
47, Serge Gnabry
Forwards:
9. Lukas Podolski,
12. Olivier Giroud,
14. Theo Walcott,
29. Marouane Chamakh
Youth round-up
Over the last week or so there has been lots of snippets of news concerning Arsenal youngsters.
Firstly, sixteen year old striker Chuba Akpom has flown to Germany with Noel Blake's England U19 squad, for a friendly against their national side. He has done well in training, alongside the likes of Raheem Sterling (who played against Arsenal's first team for Liverpool last weekend) and James Ward-Prowse of Southampton, and will be looking to continue his remarkable progress in this fixture.
On Monday night Arsenal's U21 side defeated their Everton counterparts 3-0 at Underhill, with goals from Sanchez Watt (two penalties) and Dutchman Kyle Ebecilio, continuing their 100% start to the season.
Pat Holland's U18 side beat the same opponent 2-1 at London Colney, coming from behind to deservedly take all three points. Captain Isaac Hayden scored a well taken goal, while winger Tarum Dawkins scored a curling effort after an excellent Arsenal move.
Moreover, Arsenal have announced a partnership with Inverness, in an attempt to offer our youngsters more first team experience by sending them on loan. Striker Phillip Roberts was first to make the move to Scotland.
Macedonian U17 'keeper Dejan Iliev was brought in, adding further competition to this position in Pat Holland's U18 side.
Arsenal's U19 side cruised past Marseille in their first Next Gen match of the campaign, beating the French team 3-0. Goals from Nico Yennaris and Chuba Akpom (x2) cemented an exhilarating performance from Terry Burton's youngsters, who face Olympiacos in Greece next in the competition.
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