How Arsenal’s youth internationals got on this October break | OneFootball

Five Arsenal youth players were involved with their national teams over the October break, let’s look at how they got on.

Mikel Arteta and Ethan Nwaneri (Photo via Arsenal.com)

Ethan Nwaneri was called up again by the England u19s for the current international break, after his strong showings with the Arsenal first team in September.

Nwaneri impressed in cameos against Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, but he really caught the eye with a couple of League Cup goals in a start against Bolton Wanderers.

But somewhat surprisingly, Nwaneri was the only Arsenal youngster involved with England from the u18s to the u21s.

The likes of Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ayden Heaven, and Tommy Setford weren’t included, despite call-ups in September. Though in Setford’s case, that’s likely due to injury.

LONDON, ENGLAND: David Raya of Arsenal embraces his teammate Tommy Setford prior to the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal and Olympique Lyonnais at Emirates Stadium on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Arsenal did receive some youth call-ups from other national teams, however, with Maldini Kacurri, Brayden Clarke, Will Sweet, and Cam’ron Ismail all involved over the break.

Kacurri joined the Albania u21s for their u21 Euros qualifier, Clarke and Sweet featured for the Wales u19s for a couple of friendlies, and Ismail joined a training camp for the Egypt u20s.

Let’s take a look at how each of the youth internationals got on.

Arsenal youth international October fixtures and results

SAN PEDRO DE ALCANTARA, SPAIN: Ethan Nwaneri of England U19 in action during the International match between Portugal U19 and England U19 at Marbella Football Center on October 09, 2024. (Photo by Fran Santiago – The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

All times in BST

Wednesday, October 9th

Thursday, October 10th

Saturday, October 12th

Sunday, October 13th

Tuesday, October 15th