The Arsenal academy operates at such a high standard that Mikel Arteta must be thinking "What's going on?" That's according to Arsenal's academy manager Per Mertesacker, who says it's his job to give the Gunners boss selection headaches.
In the past few years the club has seen the likes of Joe Willock, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson and Bukayo Saka progress through the ranks.
And Mertesacker has suggested that this trend will continue, and that Arteta will be struggling to name an XI he'll have so much quality on the training ground. "We are really keen on giving Mikel Arteta a lot of headaches, you know," Mertesacker told Ian Wright on his YouTube channel for Adidas Home Team. "He must be thinking, 'What's going on in the academy?' Every
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