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Arsenal hand trial to Wolves academy prodigy who’s a ‘good crosser of the ball’
Arsenal have made a name for themselves as a club that gives youth a chance with one of the best academies around.
Bukayo Saka has impressed for the Gunners and for England since graduating from Hale End, but he’s by no means the only o✃ne to have made the grade.
Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelson have all done well since coming through the Arsenal academy and are stilౠl playing Premier League footbal𝔉l.
More recently, the likes of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly have become first-teamers after coming through the ranks at N5.
With Arsenal putting so much focus on their academy these days, it’s important to always be on the lookout for top talents who c🐬ould be recruited.
Now, according to the , the Gunners have handed a trial to a young Premier League left-back who’s a “good crosser of the ball”.

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Wolves gem Lennon Patterson on trial with Arsenal
The London-based newspaper has reported that Arsenal have taken Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Lennon Patterson on trial.
The 17-year-old trained with the Arsenal first-team last week a𓆏nd played forဣ the Under-21 side on Monday, according to the report.
Patterson, a left-back, sta🀅rted for Arsenal Under-21s in their 2-1 defeat to Sunderland and played for 45 minutes before being replaced by Josh Nichols.
Patterson has also been given permission by Wolves to speak to Sheffield United, who are deemedไ genuine contende𝔍rs to sign him, added the Standard.
What was said about Patterson in Arsenal U21 appearance
Arsenal youth team exper🤪t wrote about Pa🌸tterson in the young Gunners’ Premier League 2 defeat to Sunderland.
He said: “Patterson🌠 demonstrated that he is a good crosser of the ball, although he seems more suited to playing as a wing-back than an orthodox left-back.”
Bird also noted in his match report that Patterson made a challenge which res🤡ulted in a Sunderland penalty claim, which was turned down.
Tymur 🦋Tutierov opened the scoring for Wolves on five minutes and, though Nathan Butler-Oyedeji equalised in the 55th minute, Marcus Neill scored the winner for the Wearside outfite.