{"id":24505,"date":"2025-06-29T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24505\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T12:41:11","slug":"ethan-nwaneri-just-did-something-with-england-u21s-that-should-seriously-excite-arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24505\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Nwaneri just did something with England U21s that should seriously excite Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri now has a place in the history books of England\u2019s U21 side following a superb final against Germany at the Euros.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ethan Nwaneri<\/a> played 30 minutes in a 3-2 win for England against Germany, one that was secured with a winner in extra-time.<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s<\/a> Nwaneri was on the bench from the beginning and wasn\u2019t introduced until the beginning of extra-time, but the 18-year-old still played a significant role.<\/p>\n

Marseille\u2019s Jonathan Rowe put England 3-2 ahead shortly after Nwaneri came onto the pitch, and the Arsenal youngster played with serious maturity in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri was holding up the ball, being physical with Germany\u2019s back line and also proving very effective in transition.<\/p>\n

Ethan Nwaneri stars in Martin Odegaard\u2019s role for England U21s<\/p>\n

Nwaneri played several positions for England U21s<\/a> at the tournament and manager Lee Carsley clearly has a lot of faith in the Arsenal youngster.<\/p>\n

But perhaps it was telling that Nwaneri finally played his preferred number 10 role in the final, and the 18-year-old\u2019s 30 minute cameo should have been excellent watching for Arteta.<\/p>\n

\"EthanPhoto by Christian Bruna\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/strong>: Arsenal \u2018making progress\u2019 in \u00a359m striker hunt, Mikel Arteta wants his new number nine before pre-season<\/a><\/p>\n

With and without the ball, Nwaneri was playing in a very similar role to Martin Odegaard when he\u2019s sitting alongside Kai Havertz for Arsenal\u2019s first team.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri was effectively playing as the second striker in a 4-4-2 for England, particularly when Carsley\u2019s side didn\u2019t have the ball.<\/p>\n

And given that Nwaneri will compete with Odegaard<\/a> for a first team role next season, it was seriously encouraging to see the youngster play with so much conviction.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri is about to change position at Arsenal<\/p>\n

So far in an Arsenal shirt, Nwaneri has made the bulk of his appearances as a right winger, mostly stepping in for Bukayo Saka when he was injured during the second half of last season.<\/p>\n

But throughout Nwaneri\u2019s time in the Hale End Academy he was a central player, a number 10 who even looked like a striker at times.<\/p>\n\nEthan Nwaneri<\/td>\nGames<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\nAssists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRight winger<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAttacking midfielder<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nwaneri\u2019s apperance by position throughout the 2024\/25 campaign for Arsenal (source: Transfermarkt). <\/p>\n

And following a rest over the coming weeks, Nwaneri has proven that he is ready to compete with Odegaard, even if he is captaining Arteta\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri\u2019s promising performances even prove that Arsenal can sell Fabio Vieira<\/a> following his year on loan at FC Porto without too much hesitation.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri praised Max Dowman<\/a> in Arsenal\u2019s academy recently and it\u2019s clear that Arteta will have a heavy stream of talented number 10s coming through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri now has a place in the history books of England\u2019s U21 side following a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5407,6649,22020,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-24505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-english-premier-league","10":"tag-ethan-nwaneri","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114766707991488664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}