Report: Arteta calls up 19-year-old who’s been compared to Eduardo to Arsenal training pre-Saints

Fri 15 April 2022 9:45, UK

Arsenal boss Mikel Artet🐽a has been putting his players through their paces ෴ahead of Saturday’s Southampton clash.

The Gunners h𒁃ave shown great progress all season, but two consecutive defeats have dampened optimism.

Arsenal lost 3-0 at Crystal Palace last Monday before Brightonꦑ ran out 2-1 winners at the Emirates.

The Gunners are now fifth in the Premier League ta🐷ble, three points behind Tottenh🎶am, albeit with a game in hand.

Arteta෴ also has to contend with several injury issues that have come at th♏e worst time.

Ki🦄eran Tierney and Thomas Partey are out, while Takehiro Tomiyasu isn’t to return until✱ after the Saints game.

Football.london reported earlier this week that Arteta has called u🔥p five youngsters to training.

He reportedly promoted Mazeed Ogungbo, Lino Sousa, Charlie Patino, Miguel Azeez an🔜d Marꦚcelo Flores.

According to , Ar🐟teta also called Mika Biereth up to seni💮or training on Wednesday.

Arsenal s💜igned the 19-year-old in July 2021 f🐎ollowing an incredible campaign with Fulham.

Biereth had registered a s🐎taggering 22 goals and 13 go𒊎als from 27 Cottagers appearances at age level.

This season, the Dane ha𝔉s registered 10 goals and four a🌌ssists from 17 Premier League 2 appearances.

Bieret🌜h also scored once from his one EFL Trophy ou🗹ting this term.

Fans have previously compared him to , and .

And with Eddie Nketiah likely to leave Arsenal in summer, surely Biereth will be f🐻irst-team bound next term.

Jeorge Bird🐻 also claimed Ogungbo, Azeez, Sousa, James Hillson, Zak Swanson and Omari Hutchinson were training with the senior ܫon Wednesday.

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