Arsenal FC: Ethan Nwaneri becomes the youngest player in the Premier League

Quote from mariosapf

if players start at 15, they are already physically exhausted at 25.
I just think it’s sick that KIDS are allowed to play against adult professionals.
Just imagine, there’s a boy coming up to a 1.90 IV, what’s he doing with the ‘little one’,
get ‘ fooled ‘ ? maybe 1 x, the second time it’s on the socks.
I find it absurd and totally unnecessary, even at 16.
For me, 18 would be the minimum age to play in professional leagues.

That’s a completely unfounded speculation: Nuri Sahin was 16 when he made his debut and in his first season he immediately conquered regular player status and delivered 7 scorers. If he had only been allowed to make his debut at the age of 18, an important pillar would have been missing.

By the way, at the age of 25 he was not in the least physically exhausted, he ended his career at the age of 33 years and 9 months.

Quote from alinho61

After all, the players are just objects… Put them to good use at an early age, generate hype, sell at high prices. I don’t see any other purpose in it when 15-year-olds play in the top league.

Should the clubs do this with adults, but not with a 15-year-old…

Arsenal rejected 3 million for Sahin at the time, and here too it is absolutely unfounded to generalize, especially since the PL clubs are really not dependent on income from youth player sales.

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