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Manager says 19-year-old Arsenal loanee wants to go back to the Emirates and play

Youngster Charlie Patino is desperate to break into Mi🍌kel Arteta’s first team at Arsenal on💮e day.

He’s currently on loan at♕ Championship side Swansea City and manager Michael Duff about the teenager to The Athletic.

It’s been a whirlwind couple of months for Charlie Patino after his spell at Blackpool ended.

The 19-year-old looked set to be leaving Arsenal in the summer as he didn’t see a route to t🦂he first⛎ team.

There were plenty of interested clubs but in the end, a suitable bid wasn’t submitted to Arsenal.

Patino instead went back to💜 the Championship on loan, this time with Swansea City.

He’s had a superb start to the season and is showing the kind of form th♔at had Arsenal fans excited when he made his senior debut as an 18-year-old.

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Swansea manager Duff has admitted that Patino has ambitions to break into Mikel Arteta’s team at Arsenal.

That might be tricky given the competition ♎thaꦇt he currently faces.

However, Jorginho and Mo🅠hamed Elneny are unlikely to be long-term 🌠solutions at the Emirates, meaning a spot in the squad could open up for Patino.

Patino wants to break into Arteta’s Arsenal squad

Speaking about the teenage midfielder, :𓆏 “He’s a re🅺ally good kid.

“He’s𓆏 really ambitious, but there is a reality and work ethic with it. It’s easy to say ‘I want to be this’, but he’s prepared to work every day.

“He goes through his cli♍ps, he wants to do extras and is a joy to work withꦡ.

“His ambition is to play for Arsen🎉al, but he need��s to play well for us. We’ll hopefully help him along the way.”

Arsenal aren’t short🅠 of youngster with plenty of potential like Patino and Arteta is keeping a close eye on many of them.

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Photo by Athena Pictures/Getty Images

Charles Sagoe Jr. was handed his debut last week against Brentford in the🎐 EFL Cup.

Defender R𝓡euell Walters has been included in several senior squads, while Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly are two names to keep an eye out on.

Patino is ahead of all of them in his development and another strong﷽ season in England’s seco꧃nd tier could earn him a coveted place among Arteta’s Arsenal squad.