Ethan Nwaneri is “undoubtedly prepared” to obtain his first senior England call-up, in line with former Three Lions ahead Wayne Rooney.
The 17-year-old has loved a breakthrough season with Arsenal, within the absence of the likes of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz.
Nwaneri has actually grasped his alternative, scoring eight targets throughout all competitions.
The winger continued his superb kind with a aim in Arsenal’s 7-1 thrashing of PSV within the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.
At 17 years and 346 days outdated, he turned the third-youngest participant to attain within the knockout levels of the competitors, after Bojan Krkic and Jude Bellingham.
Nwaneri is tipped to be named in Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad for the World Cup qualifiers towards Albania and Latvia later this month.
Rooney, who scored 53 targets for the Three Lions, stays the youngest participant to search out the web for his nation, doing so towards Macedonia in September 2003 (17 years, 317 days).
And the ahead striker believes Nwaneri – a scorer of twenty-two targets in England’s age-grade sides – is deserving of a chance at senior stage.
“I feel he’s undoubtedly [ready for his first England call-up],” Rooney informed Amazon Prime.
“During the last couple of years with England, we’ve seen gamers getting a chance with England who haven’t deserved the chance. That’s my opinion.
“I feel Nwaneri, he’s displaying he’s received the temperament and the fitting angle to be in that squad. If he retains doing what he’s doing, he’ll have an incredible probability.”
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