How Arsenal’s 10 FM22 wonderkids have developed IRL in 2021-22

Arsenal remain in the fight for their first top-four finish in six years under Mikel Arteta, and the future looks bright, with a fine crop of young players coming through. Ten of those youngsters have been picked out by FMScout as wonderkids on Football Manager 2022.

A mixture of academy graduates being integrated into the first team, and smart young transfers such as Ben White and Martin Odegaard has seen Arsenal improve their performances and results after finishing eighth in the previous campaign.

Although previous wonderkids such as Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Eddie Nketiah seemingly have no future at the club, the future has never looked brighter with some top talent coming through.

We’ve identified the 10 Football Manager wonderkids currently on the books at Arsenal according to FMScout and looked at how they’re getting on this season in real life.

The 20-year-old, who signed for Arsenal in 2019 but is yet to kick a ball in red and white, is thriving on loan at Marseille.

There has been a lot of speculation over his future but it is expected that the centre-back will return to Arsenal in the summer when his loan ends.

Plenty of excitement over this one…

READ: Nine key stats from William Saliba’s impressive loan spell at Marseille

Omar Rekik

A 20-year-old centre-back, Omar Rekik is already a full Tunisian international and joined his country in Cameroon for the 2022 AFCON tournament.

Rekik was signed from Hertha Berlin in 2020, and whilst he is yet to make a senior appearance for Arsenal, he has made 14 appearances for the Under-23 side this season and will likely depart on a loan spell for more game time in the summer.

One of the highest-rated prospects the Arsenal Academy has ever seen, the 18-year-old midfielder