Young Gunners in Spain – More Arsenal kids in La Liga

By Jack Brennan
Updated: 9 August, 2012

At the beginning of this year El Centrocampista tracked the careers of four young Arsenal players who, at that time were on loan at clubs in Spain. Of the four Gunners featured, just Bolivian international Samuel Galindo and the highly rated Wellington Silva are still contracted to the club.

Carlos Vela finally said goodbye to Arsenal after failing to fully establish himself under Arsene Wenger – joining Real Sociedad on a deal said to have cost the Basque outfit £4 million, while 22-year-old Pedro Botelho returned to Brazil after spending loan deals at five separate Spanish clubs in five years.

Seven months on from that report, Jack Brennan takes a look at the two remaining Arsenal hopefuls still in Spain, along with another young Gunner who has moved to the country this season in an effort to gain some much-needed experience.

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