One of the biggest stories of the summer was Arsenal losing Chido Obi Martin to Manchester United.
The teenage striker made headlines after scoring seven goals in a single game last season.
Arsenal has a strong tradition of promoting young talents to their first team, and Mikel Arteta had already given opportunities to players like Ethan Nwaneri.
There appeared to be a clear pathway to the first team for Obi Martin, but Arsenal didn’t solidify that path until it was too late.
When his contract with the club expired this summer, the Gunners made every effort to keep him, but he ultimately chose to join Manchester United.
Obi Martin has now been followed by another Arsenal youngster, with Mirror Football revealing that Hubert Graczyk has also signed for the Red Devils.
The 21-year-old goalkeeper was released by the Gunners at the end of last season, but United believe he still has the potential to develop further and have decided to bring him into their fold.
Just Arsenal Opinion
It seems that we made a mistake in allowing Obi Martin to leave, and we do not know a good talent when we see one.
However, that is far from the truth, and only players who are worth keeping will stay.
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If you offer 16 year olds 15k a week and they sign for another club offering 30k. Is this the type of character you want to keep?
I mean why shouldn’t they take it, theirs no guarantee that they’d have a long career in football, in my view they should take as much salary as possible
Non story.
He was released by Gunners.
He wasn’t released NG, he refused to sign a new scholarship.