Arsenal talent Charlie Patino is attracting real attention – and he has now received a message of support from winger Reiss Nelson.
The Gunners will hope to have homegrown talent emerging into the first team, just as Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe have in recent times.
There are high hopes for Folarin Balogun and Miguel Azeez, but Patino now finds himself being talked about by many around Arsenal.
Fans have taken to Twitter to compare the 17-year-old to David Silva and Santi Cazorla after Patino’s display for Arsenal Under-21’s against Swindon Town on Tuesday.
Add in that Goal’s Arsenal correspondent Charles Watts has suggested that Patino has made a big impression on senior Arsenal players, and you begin to understand the hype.
Patino has been with Arsenal for more than six years now after the Gunners plucked him from Luton Town – just as they did with Jack Wilshere many years ago.
Becoming a star at senior level won’t be easy, as Reiss Nelson has found – but he has shown his excitement about Patino.
Arsenal winger Nelson has been loaned out to Feyenoord for this season in order to gain first-team playing time, and is clearly still keeping tabs on the Gunners.
Nelson has taken to Instagram to post just three words about Patino, stating ‘remember the name’ having been blown away by the teenager.
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