{"id":10956,"date":"2025-03-04T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=10956"},"modified":"2025-03-05T00:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:35:21","slug":"joe-cole-hails-arsenal-star-as-the-most-exciting-footballer-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/joe-cole-hails-arsenal-star-as-the-most-exciting-footballer-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cole hails Arsenal star as the \u2018most exciting footballer in Europe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ex-England midfielder Joe Cole (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Cole backed Arsenal<\/a> star Ethan Nwaneri<\/a> to be an England regular ‘for the next 10 years’ after he starred in the record-breaking Champions League<\/a> victory over PSV.<\/p>\n

The Gunners put their stuttering Premier League form<\/a> to one side in Holland on Tuesday night, thrashing PSV 7-1<\/a> to effectively secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n

It was an incredibly one-sided contest, with Mikel Arteta’s side leading 3-1 at the half-time interval thanks to first-half goals from Nwaneri, Jurrien Timber and Mikel Merino.<\/p>\n

The visitors then scored twice in three minutes straight after the restart – Martin Odegaard continuing his revival and Leandro Trossard getting in on the act – as Arsenal took full control.<\/p>\n

Odegaard scored his second of the evening with 20 minutes remaining before Riccardo Calafiori capped off an emphatic victory with Arsenal’s seventh.<\/p>\n

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In winning 7-1, Arsenal became the first team in Champions League history to score seven or more goals away from home in a knockout match.<\/p>\n

Cole insisted the last-16 tie was dead and buried after Arsenal’s incredible win in Eindhoven and singled out teenage star Nwaneri for special praise.<\/p>\n

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Ethan Nwaneri starred in Arsenal’s Champions League win (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nwaneri, who became the youngest ever Premier League player when he made his Arsenal debut back in 2022<\/a>, is enjoying a breakout season at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old’s bright form has led to calls for Thomas Tuchel to include him in his first England squad<\/a> – which will be named next week – and Cole believes Nwaneri will be a Three Lions player for the next decade.<\/p>\n

Ex-England midfielder Cole also hailed Nwaneri as the ‘most exciting footballer in England and maybe Europe’.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal battered Champions League rivals PSV (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘For me, he\u2019s so good that he doesn\u2019t need the U21s,’ Cole told TNT Sports<\/a>. ‘In my opinion, he\u2019s that good.<\/p>\n

‘He needs to go straight in with Thomas Tuchel, get around the squad and get some minutes, because he\u2019s an England player for the next 10-15 years.<\/p>\n

‘Wonderful talent, great mentality, he’s at the right club at the right time. I\u2019ll be stunned if Tuchel doesn\u2019t have a good look at him and bring him in to his first squad.<\/p>\n

‘I think is going to be an absolute genius. I think he’s the most exciting footballer in England and maybe Europe. What he\u2019s doing is incredible.’<\/p>\n

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Mikel Arteta’s side have one foot in the quarter-finals (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice also heaped praise on Nwaneri after the PSV thrashing.<\/p>\n

‘He’s top,’ Rice said. ‘He’s 17-years-old and he’s on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n

‘We’ve taken them [youngsters] under our wing and they deserve to be playing. You should see them train they way they have no fear and want to perform.<\/p>\n

‘Even if [Bukayo] Saka was here Ethan would be still getting minutes because he’s that good and works so hard in training.’<\/p>\n

On Arsenal’s Champions League win, Rice added: ‘We were fluid, enthusiasm, the drive and hunger in the knockout phase of the Champions League.<\/p>\n

‘But we’ve been playing like this all season. We feel we’ve been playing well as a team sometimes we score five sometimes two sometimes we don’t score but tonight we did well. We had the opportunity to score more second half especially.’<\/p>\n

Arsenal return to Premier League action on Sunday against Manchester United<\/a> before playing host to PSV in the second leg of their one-sided last-16 tie.<\/p>\n

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