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Over the years, Arsenal Football Club has prided itself when it comes to developing young talents and rewarding them for their hard work. Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe are just two names on a very long list of players who have climbed through the Hale End ranks before establishing themselves at senior level for both club and country.

However, the most exciting part is that new names just keep on coming. Most recently, Mikel Arteta has handed first-team opportunities to the likes of Charlie Patino, Omari Hutchinson and Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand but some fresh faces are set to travel with the squad to Selhurst Park tonight.

18-year-old Marcelo Flores and 19-year-old Mazeed Ogungbo are understood to have both received call-ups to the Arsenal squad, as the Gunners look to close the gap on Chelsea to just two points this evening. It is not currently known whether the decision to include the pair is due to any senior absences, or it is simply to reward them for their promising displays with the U23s.

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Nonetheless, it is still an amazing opportunity and one which provides Arteta and technical director Edu the chance to confirm crucial plans for this summer's transfer window. It is set to be another busy one for Arsenal, who spent a record high of