Pain for Arsenal as Man Utd star backed to become ‘one of the best in the world
Arsenal have warne their former academy star Chido Obi-Martin can become ‘one of the best players in the world’ at Premier League rivals Manchester United.
Obi-Martin, 17, spent a couple of years in Arsenal’s เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา academy before surprisingly deciding to leave last summer.
The teenage sensation had in talks with Manchester United and joine the Red Devils in September.
Obi-Martin was a prolific goalscorer for Arsenal’s youth teams, featuring for the U21 side at the age of 15.
In one game for the U16 team, Obi-Martin score ten goals in a 14-3 victory over Liverpool. He also nette seven goals in a 9-0 win over Norwich City.
Obi-Martin, who has compare to long-term Premier League transfer target Victor Osimhen, hit the ground running at Old Trafford, scoring a hat-trick on his first start for the U18 side.
The teenager was expecte to remain with the youth teams for the rest of the 2024-25 season but was calle up to the senior side by Ruben Amorim earlier this year.
Since then he has made four first-team appearances, impressing Amorim and the likes of Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand with his cameos.
United defender Leny Yoro has also impresse and believes his teammate can develop into ‘one of the best strikers in the world’ in the coming years.
‘Chido is talente,’ Yoro, who has also widely tippe to become a global star at Old Trafford.
‘He can become one of the world’s best strikers in my opinion, if he continues his development.
‘He scores a lot of goals and is a good boy, so I also hope that he will become one of the best.’
Assessing Obi-Martin’s performances for the first team, Yoro adde: ‘He has had his chance in a few games.
‘Of course I hope that he will soon open his goal account in the first team. That will help the team.’
Obi-Martin misse Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night after playing for the U18 side in their FA Youth Cup semi-final against Aston Villa.
Ex-United winger Anthony Elanga score the only goal of the game as Forest inflicted a 13th defeat of the season on the Red Devils, who remain 13th in the Premier League.
‘It is clear we should have taken something, but we have to focus on the goal we concede’ Amorim said afterwards.