Arsenal academy product poised for Newcastle United move, following lack of first-team action: report

Arsenal could be set to lose an academy product to Newcastle United, in a bitter blow for the club’s Hale End production line.

Manager Mikel Arteta has been big on integrating youth during his time as Gunners boss, initially building his side around the likes of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe. But in recent times, academy debutants have dwindled as Arsenal have got better, with only 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri making his bow last season before Charles Sagoe Jr was handed a first start in the League Cup this term.

Much-hyped young striker Folarin Balogun had to leave for first-team opportunities over the summer, while Arteta has been reluctant to give minutes to teenagers this term, choosing to bring on Declan Rice at centre-back in a dead-rubber against PSV in the Champions League when he had Nwaneri and top prospect, Myles-Lewis Skelley available on the bench. 

Now, the Standard have reported that 18-year-old wonderkid Amario Cozier-Duberry is a target for Newcastle, with Arteta yet to hand him an opportunity in the senior side.