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Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand training with Arsenal first-team ahead of Leeds clash

Lee Connor

Sat 18 December 2021 9:15, UK

Arsenal could be set to include the impressive young talent , Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand, over the course of their Christmas fixtures, if the pictures from training are anything to go by.

Salah-Eddine has already been handed a first-team debut this season. The 18-year-old was given his bow in the League Cup back in October. At the time, Mikel Arteta explained how Salah-Eddine had been deserving of his chance.

“We are rewarding him – for what he does every day in training and the games that he’s playing, for his attitude and the quality he has – he totally deserves to be with us,” Arteta said .

And now, it appears Salah-Eddine is back in the mix. The Gunners take on Sunderland in the League Cup after playing Leeds this weekend, and the teenager could yet be included in both. Pictures doing the rounds on social media from the account showed Salah-Eddine working in first-team training.

The talented youngster has been impressing at under-23 level this season again. Per , he already has four goals to his name, and has caught the eye with a couple of those goals too.

Salah-Eddine, then, could well be the latest of a long line of impressive young Arsenal talents emerging.

TBR’s View: Arteta Right To Blood Youngsters Like Salah-Eddine

The old saying of ‘if you’re good enough, you’re old enough’ seems to ring true here with Salah-Eddine. Like so many over the years at Arsenal, he is making an impression.

Mikel Arteta is well within his rights to use these cup games to play players such as Salah-Eddine. Of course, winning a trophy is also important. But some of these 23s players already seem more than capable against League One teams.

While a place against Leeds is more unlikely, don’t be surprised to see Salah-Eddine this week.