Gary Lineker wants one thing sorted about Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri
Gary Lineker has calle for clarity over the pronunciation of Arsenal star Ethan Nwaneri’s name.
The teenager is enjoying a sensational เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง breakthrough season for the Gunners and he enhancing his burgeoning reputation with another sensational display in Wednesday’s Champions League win Ethan Nwaneri against PSV Eindhoven.
Nwaneri joine an elite club by becoming only the fourth play age 17 to score a goal in the knockout stage of Europe’s elite club competition and his form could yet see him parachute straight into Thomas Tuchel’s senior England squad.
‘Nwaneri, my goodness what a performance again,’ said Alan Shearer, reacting to the youngster’s latest performance on the The Rest Is Football podcast. ‘ He’s 17-years old and he was absolutely outstanding.
Given his rapid rise to prominence, it is perhaps Ethan Nwaneri understandable that commentators have come up with various different pronounciations of his surname and Lineker wants the issue cleare up once and for all.
‘Everyone saying his name as if it was Claudio Ranieri but I think he’s going to be that good a player we need to sort out his name one way or another,’ said the outgoing Match of the Day presenter.
‘I know this is not the most important thing we’ll discuss on the podcast but I think this kid is going to be a star so I think we need to sort his name out one way or another. If I’m wrong, my apologies.’
Given the continuing injury crisis at Arsenal, Mikel Arteta is unlikely to be able to give the midfielder, who is deputising for Bukayo Saka, a break particularly with a trip to Old Trafford on the horizon this weekend.
‘I don’t think that he needs any pushing!’ said Arteta when he was informe Nwaneri was closing in on more goalscoring records.
‘You see him every time he has the ball what the intention is, so if he comes, he comes, and it’s great and really impressive again the way he behave, the way he playe tonight.
‘It’s about consistency now, doing it again three days later in another big stadium.’