The main objective of an academy is to develop youngsters who can gradually become regular mainstays of the senior squad. Youth graduates, much like university graduates, remain hopeful of getting into that coveted dream job or position.
Iwobi’s rise to fruition has been a fast one, having broken onto the scene last season and getting his first Champions League start in a 3-1 defeat to Barcelona at the Nou Camp, it’s fair to say that the Nigerian international has adapted to the pressures of top flight football. The 19-year-old is also the nephew of legendary attacking midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha.
“He is always telling me that he knows a lot has happened and that I have come far, but he says to stay humble and that I will go far,” Iwobi said in an interview with Arsenal’s official website last season.
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