Arsenal Manager Mikel Areta indicated that Chido Obi’s decision to leave the Gunners for Manchester United’s last year was not just on an improved path to the first team.
Obi came to Arsenal for two years before he had expired last summer. The productive 17-year-old striker, who signed for United in October and quickly stopped him, bullyed any defense against which he came in youth football.
The highly towering teenage recently offered the chance to move out for the Senior team from United, which has been a few camo appearances from the bank for Ruben Amorim’s injured squad since the turn of the year. So Obi’s bright influence was, its inadmissibility for the Europa League caused a minor sensation.
When he was saved against Fulham by United for the Senior Fa Cup last weekend, Obi missed the chance two days earlier two days earlier to face Arsenal in the FA Youth Cup. However, the former Gunner will compete against the outfit in North London in the Premier League this weekend.
Areteta was predictable for Obi’s Sommer exit before the two clubs pine together on Sunday. Without dealing with details, the Spanish boss left enough space to speculate when he warned: “To convince a player about the stay, a player has to be ready to be with us and to commit to us – and I don’t know exactly. [but] Both parties will feel very different. ”
“Depending on what the reason is, they want to go somewhere else – that’s it,” added Arteta. “I was not too much involved in this decision. If a player decides that the best way to go, you can’t do much. Very unhappy.”
The times claim that Arsenal Obi is due to United’s swollen financial reward internally. The Red Devils refute this indictment and insist that their planned path to the first team was more attractive than anything the Gunners could offer.
In view of the Arsenal attack crisis – the title challengers without their four strikers of the first election – Obi could have been quickly integrated into the senior team if he had remained. Myles Lewis -Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri -Both Obi colleagues -were regular guests in the senior setup this season, even before the absent from absences are.
Asked about his perceived reluctance to trust youth, ARTETA was burst. “I don’t know what the perception is outside, but internally”, no, “he rustled.” The reality is very different because these players [Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri] are always with us. I guarantee that he can help us if there is a player who can help and influence the first team. “