Shoretire & Azeez Look Forward To Arsenal v Man United Ahead Saturday Crunch Game

Nigerian-born youngsters Shola Shoretire and Miguel Azeez have been training with the first teams of Manchester United and Arsenal ahead of their Premier League tie  tomorrow (Saturday) at the Emirates Stadium, and there is a slight chance that they may be involved in the match.

Shoretire, who has played in the middle of the park for the development squad in recent weeks, is named in the traveling party to the English capital. He has featured just once for the first team and that came against Swiss club Young Boys in the Champions League, his only squad involvement to date so far this season. 

Miguel Azeez is also training with the Arsenal first team ahead of a possible Premier League debut before the end of the 2021-2022 season.

Azeez was out on the pitch along with the likes of Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette and Cédric Soares midweek at Chelsea and was on the bench mwith manager Mikel Arteta opting for Mohamed Elneny and Xhaka as his two holding midfielders.

Another Nigerian, goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, who is third choice goalkeeper, participated in full training yesterday.