Arsenal transfer news: Ethan Nwaneri future verdict delivered ahead of pre-season (exclusive)

Ethan Nwaneri could inactive person a aboriginal astatine Arsenal, but the teen is nether utmost unit to impressment successful pre-season, a erstwhile Gunners midfielder has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The 19-year-old volition soon instrumentality to London Colney pursuing an yet unsuccessful indebtedness spell with Marseille, whom helium joined successful January with the pretence of playing nether Roberto De Zerbi.

Nwaneri scored connected his Marseille debut successful a 3-1 triumph implicit Lens connected January 24, but De Zerbi near his relation with Les Olympiens conscionable a mates of weeks later, and the Arsenal loanee seldom impressed for the remainder of the season.

Nwaneri ended his stint successful Marseille with conscionable 2 goals and an assistance from 11 appearances, and his Arsenal aboriginal is present clouded successful uncertainty, but his declaration does not expire for different 4 seasons.

As a result, erstwhile Arsenal antheral Stefan Schwarz believes that Nwaneri tin inactive person a portion to play, but the 19-year-old's chances volition hinge connected however helium performs implicit the summer.

Ethan Nwaneri sent steadfast Arsenal pre-season warning

Asked if Nwaneri could reignite his Arsenal career, Schwarz replied: "Yes, but this pre-season is precise important for him to amusement Mikel Arteta that helium has a aboriginal and tin beryllium portion of the archetypal team.

"I similar him a lot, helium is young, large method quality and truthful overmuch accomplishment and erstwhile helium has played, looked comfortably successful the team.

"But with Saka, Madueke and besides Max Dowman present getting minutes, it is hard for Nwaneri to impress, truthful helium volition person to truly bash good to person a abstraction successful the squad. Or if not, helium whitethorn past question a determination to get first-team football."

Arsenal's pre-season fixtures statesman with a travel to Girona connected August 1, earlier consequent meetings with Real Betis (August 5), Borussia Dortmund successful the Emirates Cup (August 8) and Como (August 12).

Mikel Arteta's squad past instrumentality connected Manchester City successful the Community Shield connected August 16, 5 days earlier opening their Premier League rubric defence astatine location to newly-promoted Coventry City.

Does Ethan Nwaneri person a aboriginal astatine Arsenal?

While Schwarz name-checked Arteta's 3 right-wing options erstwhile discussing Nwaneri's future, the Gunners person viewed the England Under-21 planetary arsenic a cardinal subordinate moving forward.

However, Martin Odegaard's beingness and Eberechi Eze's signing meant that Nwaneri was 3rd successful the fig 10 pecking bid past season, though neither of the erstwhile 2 shone connected a accordant basis.

Odegaard's ain aboriginal has adjacent been called into question aft an injury-hit mates of years, portion Eze could play much matches connected the near helping adjacent play if some Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard leave.

Arsenal are expected to bring successful astatine slightest 2 supporting attackers, though - Christos Tzolis and Morgan Rogers apical the database - truthful Nwaneri volition not beryllium guaranteed regular minutes by immoderate stretch.

If the Premier League's youngest-ever subordinate cannot beryllium himself successful pre-season, the curtain whitethorn prematurely travel down connected his Arsenal career, aft 10 goals and 2 assists from 51 games successful each tournaments.

Stefan Schwarz was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of William Hill's England World Cup 2026 odds.