Eight Arsenal youngsters – including Balogun

By Conor Laird


Published: May 22, 2021 8:38 pm

Last Updated: May 22, 2021 8:41 pm

A host of young talent was spotted in Arsenal training, ahead of the club’s meeting with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Arsenal on song

Mikel Arteta and co. are of course set to return to action tomorrow evening.

As part of the final round of Premier League fixtures, the Gunners will welcome Brighton to the Emirates for a 4pm kick-off.

Arsenal head into the clash with their tails very much up, on the back of a rare stretch of impressive form of late. The north Londoners have racked up four league victories on the trot, the latest of which saw them down capital rivals Crystal Palace by three goals to one.

What. A. Run. Pepe! 👀 pic.twitter.com/jV4EFHqfhS

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 19, 2021

In turn, remarkably, Arteta’s men have managed to drag themselves back into contention for a spot in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.

As things stand, the Gunners sit 9th, but just a point adrift of Tottenham and Everton above them.

Balogun amongst those spotted

As such, whilst, on the back of their exit from the Europa League, the club’s campaign had looked all but over, Arsenal now have something to fight for on the final day.

Mikel Arteta will therefore be expected to field a strong XI on Sunday evening, to hand his side the best chance of finishing out their season on a high.

Nevertheless, though, as outlined above, the Arsenal boss made use of his latest training session to hand some of the standout young talent currently honing their craft at the Emirates a chance to impress.

Rekik, Azeez and Balogun among the youngsters who trained today. #AFC pic.twitter.com/TOrmKtCcHx

— Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) May 21, 2021

As per the reliable football.london, no less than eight members of the club’s academy were put through their paces alongside Arsenal’s first-team squad this weekend.

The starlets in question, all aged 21 or younger, were lead most notably by striker Folarin Balogun.

Also featuring, though, were all of midfielder Miguel Azeez, Nathan Butler-Oyedji, Mazeed Ogungbo, summer addition Omar Rekik, Alex Kirk, Jonathan Dinzeyi and highly-regarded shot-stopper Arthur Okonkwo.

So much young talent was on show!https://t.co/zuOusIDjHg

— football.london (@Football_LDN) May 22, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	37	46	83
2	Manchester United FC	37	28	71
3	Chelsea FC	37	23	67
4	Liverpool FC	37	24	66
5	Leicester City FC	37	20	66
6	West Ham United FC	37	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	37	21	59
8	Everton FC	37	4	59
9	Arsenal FC	37	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	6	56
11	Aston Villa FC	37	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	37	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace FC	37	-23	44
14	Southampton FC	37	-18	43
15	Newcastle United FC	37	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	37	-4	41
17	Burnley FC	37	-21	39
18	Fulham FC	37	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	-39	26
20	Sheffield United FC	37	-44	20

Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	22
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	16
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	11
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United FC	10
Cavani, Edinson	Manchester United FC	10

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Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC		11
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC		11
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion		10
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC		9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United		9
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC		8
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC		8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC		8
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC		8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC		8
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United		7
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC		7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC		7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	12
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	8
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	8
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	8
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	7
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	7
Eze, Eberechi	Crystal Palace FC	7
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	7
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6