James McAtee revealed he was blown away by the standard Ethan Nwaneri exhibited on England Under-21 duty earlier this week.
The Arsenal teenager has enjoyed a stellar breakthrough season together with his boyhood club, making his mark each within the Premier League and Champions League.
Nwaneri was, perhaps, unlucky to miss out on being parachuted straight into Thomas Tuchel’s senior England squad but made up for that disappointment by starring for Lee Carsley’s men in midweek.
Making his first start against Portugal, Nwaneri capped a formidable display with a trademark goal, cutting in from the best on his left foot and curling the ball into the far corner.
‘He’s a category player and in training he’s been unbelievable,’ City teen McAtee told Mail Sport in Lorient after Nwaneri got his first taste of 21s football from the bench the previous week.
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‘I’m so impressed with him. I used to be doing ending drills with him the opposite day and he was ridiculous, he wasn’t missing!
‘I used to be struggling to get them in and he just wasn’t missing, each feet as well. He’s a world-class player.’
Ray Parlour on Ethan Nwaneri
‘You wish to play to your country every time you may, there’s little doubt about that and I’m sure he’s the identical,’ Parlour told Metro via NetBet Sports Betting. ‘As much as you wish to do well to your club you furthermore may wish to develop within the Under-21s and get into the senior team.
‘But you might have to have plans for young players they usually do sometimes need resting. You possibly can return to Jack Wilshere back within the day – he’d change into too essential for the club when he was 17 and Arsene Wenger needed to play him every week because he was that good.
‘That’s a very good problem to have but you furthermore may take a look at how things ended for Jack and don’t wish to repeat that.
‘Nowadays, though, you’ve got so many individuals behind the scenes every thing – their heart rate, their sprint numbers – and checking over them. They’re like top racehorses now and are sorted probably a bit higher than in my era.’
Nwaneri’s immediate focus will return to club matters with Arsenal but he can have one eye on this summer’s European Under-21 Championships.
Given the quantity of football he has already played this term, Lee Carsley could possibly be tempted to offer Nwaneri the summer of and revealed he can be in constant contact with Arsenal between now and the top of the campaign.
He said: ‘What an impression he’s made.’ Carsley added. ‘It’s essential that we take care of him and be certain that that, going to the tournament in the summertime, is that the best thing.
‘We’ll obviously we’ll work with Arsenal and be certain that that we’re on the identical page.’
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