Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri added to England pre-World Cup training camp | OneFootball

Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri will join three other England talents for Thomas Tuchel’s pre-World Cup training camp in Florida.

Tuchel has drafted in the 19-year-old, who has spent the second half of the season on loan at Ligue 1 Marseille, alongside Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, Fulham’s Josh King and Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha, to play their part in getting the team prepared in Miami.

Scott, King and Ngumoha’s participation was confirmed on Friday as the German announced his 26-man squad for the finals, and Nwaneri was added to the party on Saturday.

A statement on England’s official X account said: “Ethan Nwaneri will join our Three Lions preparation camp in Florida ahead of the FIFA World Cup.”

Ethan Nwaneri while on duty for the England U21s (Getty)

The teenager made 12 senior appearances for the Gunners this season before heading for France, where he made a further 10, six of them from the bench.

He struggled for minutes at the Stade Velodrome after Roberto De Zerbi, whom he immediately gained the trust of with a debut goal against Lens, left the club before subsequently taking over at Arsenal’s rivals Tottenham.

He failed to gain much favour with new manager Habib Beye, who blasted him for a lack of “day-to-day commitment”.

However, this seems to have not impacted his standing within the England setup, who has 15 caps for the U21 team.

The England squad, minus those players involved in Crystal Palace’s Conference League final clash with Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig and Arsenal’s Champions League final showdown with Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest, is due to meet up in Palm Beach on 1 June.

Tuchel’s men will play two warm-up fixtures – against New Zealand in Tampa and Costa Rica in Orlando – before moving to their tournament base in Kansas City on 13 June.

England open their Group L campaign against Croatia in Dallas on 17 June and will then face Ghana in Boston six days later before their final group clash with Panama in New Jersey on 27 June.