Nwaneri became the Premier League’s youngest ever player at 15 years and 181 days when he came on for Arsenal against Brentford; the attacking midfielder was playing regular U16 football last season and has now made his senior debut.
15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League when he came on as a late substitute for Bukayo Saka at Brentford
Nwaneri is the most talked about teenager in English football – after his brief cameo for Arsenal in their 3-0 win over Brentford on Super Sunday made him the youngest ever Premier League player at 15 years and 181 days.
The midfielder spent three minutes on the west London pitch, and didn’t touch the ball, but the experience of senior football was there for a player who was born after the Emirates Stadium was built – and was 12-years-old when the UK went into the first coronavirus lockdown.
