Former Arsenal midfielder, Jack Wilshere, has said that the club’s young midfielder, Ethan Nwaneri has ‘stepped up another level’ this season.
He said this despite the player’s limited minutes in Mikel Arteta’s selection.
Nwaneri made 26 appearances and scored four goals for Arsenal last season after he broke into the senior team.
For this reason, Arsenal handed him a new long-term deal in the summer to keep other clubs away from him.
However, he has not seen much playing time this season due to increased competition in his role following the arrival of Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke.
He has only started one game this term and it was in the Carabao Cup win against Port Vale.
“Ethan has stepped up his game another level this year,” Wilshere, Nwaneri’s former coach, at the academy, told talkSPORT.
“Ethan has got magic and people are starting to see that a little bit more now.
“When I had Ethan, I played him off the wing, I played him inside, I played him a little bit deeper, which was nice as well with the game in front of him, but I also played him as a number nine,” he added.
“One thing that we haven’t seen that much, and I think it takes longer for any young player when they get into the first team, is his dribbling ability.
“Ethan can get at players, he can beat players, so I would like to see him centrally at some point.”
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