{"id":307614,"date":"2025-07-31T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307614\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:58:15","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-take-released-arsenal-player-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307614\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday take released Arsenal player on trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Sheffield Wednesday have taken former Gunner Reece Clairmont on trial, following the 18-year-old\u2019s release by Arsenal this summer. <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/452739347_1177685776882493_6751240433254575219_n-891x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Reece Clairmont playing for Arsenal (Photo via Clairmont on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-333824\" title=\"Sheffield Wednesday take released Arsenal player on trial 2\" \/>Photo via Clairmont on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Joe Crann reports for Sheffield outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/sheffield-wednesday\/sheffield-wednesday-arsenal-premier-league-reece-clairmont-5244645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Star<\/a> that Sheffield Wednesday have taken former Arsenal winger <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/reece-clairmont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reece Clairmont<\/a> on trial, giving the teenager a run out in their u21 fixture against Derby County over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Clairmont reportedly started the match, with Wednesday aiming to seriously bolster their academy options this summer as their first team struggles with a transfer embargo and fee restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The club are in a particularly difficult situation at the moment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swfc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/july\/29\/danny-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parting ways<\/a> with manager Danny Rohl on Tuesday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swfc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/july\/29\/club-statement--north-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirming<\/a> on Wednesday that they\u2019ve been prohibited from using their North Stand on the recommendation of a Safety Advisory Group.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"932\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reece-Clairmont-1.png\" alt=\"Reece Clairmont with Arsenal (Photo via Clairmont on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-309344\" title=\"Sheffield Wednesday take released Arsenal player on trial 3\" \/>Photo via Clairmont on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Former Arsenal u18 Clairmont was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/06\/arsenal-released-list-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially released<\/a> by the club this summer, with the Gunners opting not to offer him a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old initially started the 2024\/25 campaign with Arsenal in pre-season, but he then went out to West Ham United <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2024\/09\/reece-clairmont-west-ham-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on a trial basis<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p>The player then returned to training with Arsenal, but he didn\u2019t play any further matches before his departure. He had made a handful of u18 appearances for the Gunners in previous seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"606\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Reece-Clairmont-4.png\" alt=\"Reece Clairmont with Arsenal (Photo via Clairmont on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-309347\" title=\"Sheffield Wednesday take released Arsenal player on trial 4\" \/>Photo via Clairmont on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Clairmont joined Arsenal as a 13-year-old, having supported the club as a child. He was part of Arsenal\u2019s scholarship in 2023, with that scholarship deal running out this summer.<\/p>\n<p>If Sheffield Wednesday do intend to continue giving Clairmont an opportunity to prove himself, Friday\u2019s friendly match against Scarborough Athletic is perhaps the next opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday have taken former Gunner Reece Clairmont on trial, following the 18-year-old\u2019s release by Arsenal this summer.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,112788,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-307614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-reece-clairmont","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114950092903622097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}