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Alex Waite·9 September 2026
Arsenal lean on rare experience in Champions League outing 👴
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Arsenal have plenty of young prospects knocking on the first-team door, currently.
16-year-old Max Dowman, midfield regular Myles Lewis-Skelly, and defender Cristhian Mosquera are just some of the young talents at Mikel Arteta's disposal.
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However, the Gunners boss went for a different approach for the Champions League clash at Napoli this evening.
Arteta seemingly targeted experience over youth at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, including two 30-year-old starters in Mikel Merino and David Raya.
In fact, you have to rewind Arsène Wenger's tenure when Arsenal named an older lineup than this one.
A sign of the north London club's youth recruitment policy in action?
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