{"id":219271,"date":"2025-10-12T13:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/219271\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:50:30","slug":"arsenal-fans-have-a-message-for-mikel-arteta-after-watching-what-ethan-nwaneri-did-for-england-u21s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/219271\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal fans have a message for Mikel Arteta after watching what Ethan Nwaneri did for England U21s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri was the star of the show as the England U21s beat Moldova in their European Championships qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager, still only 18, is a full member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/club\/first-team-squad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal first-team squad<\/a>, and he has made five appearances in all competitions so far this season. <\/p>\n<p>On the international front, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/national-media-share-what-they-honestly-thought-about-ethan-nwaneris-performance-for-england-u21s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nwaneri has only been a part of the England U21s, and he impressed once again<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/club\/academy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal academy<\/a> graduate assisted two of the Young Lions\u2019 four goals and played a major part in winning a penalty as well.<\/p>\n<p>Gooners are blown away by his performance, and they have sent a message to Mikel Arteta now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240287085-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Nwaneri in action for England U21s in their Euro qualifier\" class=\"wp-image-167823\" \/>Photo by Vasile Mihai-Antonio \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty ImagesArsenal fans want more game time for Ethan Nwaneri after his England U21s heroics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/what-is-privately-being-said-at-arsenal-about-martin-odegaards-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Odegaard has suffered an injury<\/a>, and Nwaneri is the like-for-like replacement for the skipper in the right-sided number eight role. <\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans were amazed by the 18-year-old\u2019s display for the England U21s, and they are all urging Arteta to give him more minutes in that role. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ethan Nwaneri cooked today for the U21s, the kid deserves more game time in the Starting XI especially now that \u00d8 is recuperating.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\ude4f\ud835\ude5d\ud835\ude5a \ud835\ude3d\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude67\ud835\ude59\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude59 \ud835\ude42\ud83d\udd34\u2b55\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude67\u2122 (@AllDayRodgers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllDayRodgers\/status\/1976751536983445890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 10, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>One Arsenal fan tweeted: \u201cNwaneri is our only forward who constantly makes forward passes under any circumstances. Always trying to find the player in front of the goal. That\u2019s the kind of 10 that can work well with Gyokeres. He should start for us against Fulham\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cHe has to start Right 8 with Odegaard out injured. Let him have the freedom that Odegaard had when he got back. Nwaneri-Rice-Eze midfield!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal have a super talent, and Arteta should unleash him. Odegaard\u2019s recurring injury this season could be a sign for Arteta to trust Nwaneri to play,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>Another Gooner posted: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> has to start finding a way to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/ethan-nwaneri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Nwaneri<\/a> more minutes. The kid is too good to just sit on the sidelines. Tonight (Friday night), he picked up two assists as England U21s smashed Moldova 4\u20130, showing once again he\u2019s got the vision, confidence, and maturity well beyond his age. He\u2019s not just \u201cone for the future\u201d anymore; he\u2019s ready to make an impact now. We\u2019ve really got something special on our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNwaneri is the closest thing we\u2019ll get to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/lionel-messi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionel Messi<\/a>. It\u2019s a privilege to watch him play the sport,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s insane. I wish we get to see him more often this season. <\/p>\n<p>Eze LCM\/LW<br \/>Nwaneri RCM<\/p>\n<p>I want to see it a couple of times.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8. (@The_ArsenalFan1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_ArsenalFan1\/status\/1976724837470289979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 10, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Mikel Arteta won\u2019t get a better opportunity to play Ethan Nwaneri<\/p>\n<p>Nwaneri signed a new contract at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> recently, and he would\u2019ve hoped for consistent game time.<\/p>\n<p>With Odegaard now injured, Arteta should give the teenager more opportunities, especially with favourable fixtures coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s next four games in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> are against teams that either finished in the bottom half of the table or were in the Championship last season.<\/p>\n<p>There are no easy fixtures in the English top-flight, but we think Nwaneri is more than good enough to have an impact against all of the teams Arsenal will play in the coming weeks.  <\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri was the star of the show as the England U21s beat Moldova in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4498,4501,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-219271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ethan-nwaneri","9":"tag-mikel-arteta","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}