The Shortlist: Ethan Nwaneri

The next N5 superstar, for your shortlists.

This is The Shortlist — the quick, digestible way to get to know football’s hottest property, as told by the scouts who’ve watched them.

Phil Costa is a podcaster with FootballVision, ArsenalVision and Arseblog. When he’s not on the mic, he’s working behind the scenes on SCOUTED’s next scoop. He’s picked out the next big thing out of Hale End.

SCOUTED: Pippo, Gooners worldwide are already frothing at the mouth over Ethan Nwaneri. Why should the rest of the world be excited, too?

PHIL COSTA: Because he is the equivalent of the “how am I doing, boss?” meme, with Arsène Wenger smiling proudly up in the clouds. Nwaneri is a Wenger player if I’ve ever seen one - and that is perhaps the greatest compliment you can pay someone coming through from Hale End.