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Ethan Nwaneri says he genuinely studies one ‘unbelievable’ Arsenal player all the time

Srinivas Sadhanand

Thu 6 February 2025 18:45, UK

Ethan Nwaneri is undoubtedly one of the most gifted youngsters in the Premier League.

Integrated into Arsenal’s fir𒉰st-team𝄹 this season, Nwaneri has looked unfazed playing at the senior level.

So much so that the teenager is one of the only two players unde🌱r the age of 18 to have scored five or more goals in Europe alongside Barcelona phenomenon Lamine Yama🌠l.

Marti🦋n Odegaard revealed Arsenal rate Nw꧟aneri highly instead of just 🙈viewing him as a bright young talent — which goes to show the respect he already commands.

Odegaard is not the only senior figure at the Emirates Stadium to sing the 17-year-old’s praises, with Leandro Trossard label🤪ling Nwaneri as an “amazing 💫player” as well.

Ethan Nwaneri says he analyses Bukayo Saka’s game

The Arsenal wonderkid seems to be heading in the same trajectory as Bukayo Saka, who also started his career for the North Londoners as a 🌄mere highly-talented prospect.

But nowadays, Saka, described as “unbelievable” by Alan Shearer is one of the best forwards in Europe.

Speaki💟ng of Saka, Nwaneri told the Premier League’s official YouTube channel that he studies his game.

“Yeah, 100 per cent. Coming in on his left foot, I try and see the different things he tries to do, the crosses, the shots that he takes, I try and add it to my game becཧause I find myself in similar positions a lot.”

“There’s a lot of things that I c🦄an take and I’m tr💜ying to take and add them to mine.”

Nwaneri was asked the one feature of Saka’s he would love to add to his game and he♕ instantly mentioned the latter’s unpredictability.

“I think his🍌 unpredictabil♐ity, his ability to go down the right and the left, that’s something that I want to try to take.”

“We talk quite a lot, like if I see him at breakfast, talk about his past experienced when he was just breaking through the team, all the stuff that he went through and all the good and all the bad so I think that definitely helps me and it makes me feel good about myself that someone else has gone through this and loo💦k at the level he’s gone to.”

Saka, recently lauded by Jeremie Frimpong is certainly a nightmare for any defender to come up against, despite his game no longer being a mystery to any player or any team in the world. Yet Saka, who is currently out injured continues to wreakꩵ havoc and Nwaneri would be hoping to become just as dangerous.

Ethan Nwaneri compared to Bukayo Saka at 17

What will excite Mikel Arteta is that be✤fore Saka turned 18, he was not as established as Nwan🅰eri is.

While the former had just made four🅘 appearances for Arsenal, the latter already has seven goals and three assists while playꦗing 12 more matches.

Paul Merson dubbed Nwaneri an “amazing player” and rightfully so as 🐼he is slowly but surely becoming an important player for Arsenal a💞lready.

As long as Nwaneri continues studying Saka’s game as well how he takes care of himself off the pitch, Arsenal can feel extremely confident about him bec🦩oming a superstar in the same vein as well.