Arteta admitted this month he is ready to “try something different” in attack given his lack of options and using Nwaneri as a No9 would be an intriguing experiment.
Mikel Arteta has said Ethan Nwaneri could be a striker in the future - but the 17-year-old might have to be one now.
Arteta revealed this season that he could see Nwaneri developing into a striker, although he caveated that as being in the future and not now.
Arteta is not the first coach at Arsenal to think Nwaneri could play as a striker.
“This kind of goal does not happen by chance,” said midfielder Mikel Merino after Nwaneri’s goal at Girona.
