Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has promised the club's
supporters that before too long his side will contain a batch of
English players.
While the Frenchman's ability to spot, work with and develop young
talent is widely regarded to be second to none, he has struggled to
bring homegrown talent into his first XI.
There are currently no Arsenal players in the England squad and
Wenger, who allowed the likes of David Bentley and Steve Sidwell to
leave North London, accepts it is an imbalance he is keen to
address.
He believes he has promising English youngsters Henri Lansbury,
Gavin Hoyte and Mark Randall in his ranks, and it is these type of
players which he feels could in the future make the step up.
Next
generation
"I feel we have produced some good work from the behind as well,
with good young players," he said.
"We have good first year [scholars], and it is a good young English
generation.
"It is very promising and very good.
"We hope that in a few years we will have some very strong English
players who can of course be a good mixture with players from
abroad."