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Arsenal star Ethan Nwaneri says player Manchester United released on a free is actually his ‘idol’
Arsenal and Manchester United have shared a fierce rivalry for several decades now.
The two clubs had some iconic battles in the past, when Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson were at the helm in North London and Old Tꦅrafford🃏 respectively.
United are nowhere near Arsenal in the Premier League right now, but the Red Devils remain one of theꦿ biggest clubs in the world.
Many Arsenal players would’ve looked up to Old Trafford greats when they were growing up. Ethan Nwaneri is one of them.
Ethan Nwaneri says Manchester United icon Cristiano Ronaldo is his idol
Cristiano Ronaldo is one ofജ the greatest players to ever pl💃ay the game.
The Portuguese superstar achieve♋d greatness at Manchester United under Ferguson before moving to Real Madrid and becoming an icon there.
Then, Ronaldo moved to Juventus and performed brilliantly in Ita꧃ly as weಞll.
In the summer of 2021, a fairytale return to Manchester United became a p🦩ossibility, and the Red Devils got it done. He was the best player in that campaign.
Just 15 months later, however, Erik ten Hag fell out with Ronaldo, and the latter was released after he sat down for a controversial interview with Piers Moꦺrgan.
Ronaldo moved to Al-Nassr on a free transfer in January 2023, and despite being 40 years old, he i🧔s still g☂oing strong in Saudi.
Nw🍌aneri has now revealed that Ronaldo is his idol.
On Dazed’s social channels, Maxine Williams asked the youngster: “If you could swap bodies with any celebrity for a day, ওwho would you pick and why?”
Nwaneri replied: “Ronaldo. That’s my idol!
“I’d just♔ go throughout my day and just be Ronaldo. Maybe I’d just go into the streets and see what it’s like.”
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Ethan Nwaneri stats before they turned 18
Ronaldo is an icon o꧃f the game, and w🧜e may never see anyone like him.
The consistency he showed for over two decades in different countries is just remarkable, and Arsenal ace Nwaneri is right to look up to him.
But how ♍do th♍e Arsenal youngster’s stats compare to Ronaldo’s before they turned 18?
| Games | Goals | Assists | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo before turning 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| Ethan Nwaneri before turning 18 | 3` | 8 | 1 |
It means absolutely nothing, but Nwaneri played more games and scored more goals at club level than Rona꧅ldo before turning 18.
That is a remarkable statistic, and the teenager clea🧸rly has the potential to become a superstar in the coming years.
It will be interesting to s🐟ee how his numbers will c𓆉ompare to Ronaldo’s in a few years’ time.