16-Year-Old Gabriel Arteta Makes Arsenal U18 Debut in 3–0 Win Over Reading

Gabriel Arteta Bernal made his first competitive appearance for Arsenal’s under-18s in their 3–0 victory over Reading at Bearwood Park. The 16-year-old winger came on in the 70th minute as a substitute. Emerson Nwaneri and Alex Marciniak (who scored twice) found the net for Arsenal. Before this, Gabriel had sat on the bench in an under-18 friendly against Ipswich and featured for the under-17s in a Premier League Cup game in October. Arsenal’s academy recruitment team has also added Dean Barker, formerly head of emerging talent at QPR and ex-PE teacher at the school that produced Ethan Nwaneri.

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