The Meteoric Rise Of A Youngster Who Could Be In Emery's Plan For Next Season

Arsenal's Hale End Academy has witnessed the development of many youngsters into world class players in time past, thanks to Arsene Wenger's philosophy which aids the nurturing of young talents into world stars.

The Frenchman ensured that players like Kieran Gibbs, Jack Wilshere, Alex Iwobi and Maitland-Niles all progressed into his first-team squad before he was shown the exit door.

Despite Wenger's departure, the Gunners Academy didn't stop producing skillful players and Folarin Balogun could be the next star to come out of the Hale End Academy.

Balogun is one of the highly rated set of players tipped to break into the Gunners main squad next season due to his ability to score plenty goals from any attacking position.
The 17-year-old netted 28 goals in all competitions for Arsenal youth teams this season and featured in five Premier League 2 games.


Balogun has featured for England's U17 and U18 team but he's still eligible to play for either Nigeria or USA at the senior level.