Arsenal news : the rise of youngster Alex Iwobi

Alex Iwobi. photo by joshjdss

In a season of disappointment for arsenal fans all over the world, once again their club has fail to win the the premier League tittle after they had started very well early in the season. With some players form dropping and due to injuries to key first team players,  manager Arsene wenger gave some reserved players a chance to play for the first team and even start matches. In this article, i will be focusing on one such player who had the chance to start matches for the gunners and really performed very well. He is no other person than younger Alex Iwobi.


Alex iwobi was born in Lagos to Nigerian parents on the third of may 1996, he celebrated his birthday just yesterday. Akex has a duel nationality, he can either choose to play for Nigeria or England. Though he chose to play for Nigerian national team. He is a nephew of for super Eagles captain, the legendary Jay Jay Okocha.
Alex was given the chance to play for the first team by manager arsene wenger and the lad is proofing the manager right for trusting him with the job and is repaying the manager's faith in him. He impress the manager, fans and football pundits all over the world with his exceptional style of play. He is liken to Spain and Barcelona fc midfielder Andres Iniesta. He is very good with the ball on his feet, can dribble very well and has a strong passing ability like his uncle Okocha. He also can stier up an attack with his layoffs and like to cut inside defenses with his frightening pace,  something that wenger likes in his players. Though the lad is very poor when it comes to ariel dual which is understandable given his hight  and seldom contribute to defense. Apart from these weaknesses, the boy has been a great revelation so far this season for the gunners.
He has played 19 games so far this season, scoring 2 goals and assisting 2. Has a pass accuracy of 84.6%.
I think if the lad continue this way, he will be a very good footballer like his uncle Okocha, he has been great for the gunners and they could only hope he gets better, improve as he grow older mature.