Arsenal midfielder Ethan Nwaneri came off the bench in Arsenal's 3-0 win at Brentford, aged just 15 years and 181 days old to become Premier League's youngest player; Gunners boss Mikel Arteta on playing the teenager: "It was a pure gut feeling, I met the kid and I liked what I saw"
Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri applauds the fans after the 3-0 win over Brentford. The 15-year-old became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League
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Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League when he came on as a late sub at Brentford
Mikel Arteta said a "gut feeling" led him to make Ethan Nwaneri the Premier League's youngest player after he brought the 15-year-old on as a late substitute in the 3-0 win at Brentford.
The midfielder, aged just 15 years and 181 days old, took the Premier League record from Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott, who made his English top-flight bow for Fulham aged 16 years and 30 days in May 2019.
Nwaneri came on with just three minutes to go as Arsenal cruised to victory at the Gtech Community Stadium to go top of the Premier League heading into the international break.
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Nwaneri has become the youngest player to play in the Premier League, beating the previous record set by Fulham's Harvey Elliott
Nwaneri reportedly drew strong interest from a clutch of top Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea.
But Arsenal boss Arteta believes the young talent now has a chance to prove his prowess with the Gunners.
"It was a pure gut feeling, I met the kid and I liked what I saw," said Arteta.
"He has trained a couple of times with us and I had a feeling yesterday that if the opportunity came I would do it.
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