Arsenal talent Joel Ideho has been spotted in first-team training with the younger possible hoping for an FA Cup appearance tonight.
The Gunners take on Oxford United in the FA Cup this evening and will be looking to avoid an embarrassment.
Mikel Arteta is still surely planning to rotate his squad to face the League One side, giving chances to fringe and young players.
Nathan Butler-Oyedeji and Amario Cozier-Duberry have been in around first-team plans tonight but Arteta is looking at another winger too.
Photos from Arsenal’s training session at London Colney on Sunday show Dutch wide man Joel Ideho involved just behind Thomas Partey.
Ideho was put through his paces by Arteta and co ahead of tonight’s game, giving him a great chance of being in the squad tonight.
Who is Arsenal talent Joel Ideho?
Ideho started out in the ranks of SC ’t Zand in Tilburg over in the Netherlands before joining the biggest club in Tilburg, Willem II.
The wide man showed promise with Willem and made a big leap to Ajax back in 2020.
Yet after just a few months in the Ajax ranks, Ideho was on the move again with Arsenal luring him to North London.
That move sparked anger in the Netherlands as agent Bart van Meel told Ajax Showtime that an unknown agent worked on Arsenal’s behalf to tempt Ideho away from Ajax.
Van Meel felt that Ideho should have stayed at Ajax, though the Amsterdam giants weren’t prepared to give him a professional deal, believing he still needed to develop after that move from Willem.
Eligible to play for Nigeria or the Netherlands, Ideho told All Nigeria Soccer in 2020 that his game is inspired by Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.
Ideho is yet to make his first-team debut for Arsenal but has turned out five times in Premier League 2 this season, bagging one goal.
Arteta may well see huge potential in Ideho and there may well be a chance for the Dutch teenager to make an impact from the bench tonight.
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