Wenger happy to give youth a chance

February 04, 2025
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Arsene Wenger is set to hand several of his youngsters the chance to shine when Arsenal take on Olympiakos in their final Champions League Group B clash.

The Gunners have already qualified for the last 16 of the competition and several first-team regulars, including Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere, have not travelled to Athens for the game, which Arsenal are11.00to win 2-1 and6.00 to draw 1-1.

Despite doing well in Europe this season, Arsenal have struggled domestically with Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Swansea City leaving them tenth in the Premier League table. Wenger's side are2.00to finish in the top four and11.00to win the FA Cup.

Wenger, who may use the likes of 18-year-old forward Zak Ansah, 19-year-old Swiss defenders Sead Hajrovic and Elton Monteiro, as well as 17-year-old English striker Chuba Akpom in Athens, said: "The situation at the moment is we are behind in the championship and we want to make ground back.

"However, we have qualified for 13 consecutive years in the Champions League, we are qualified in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup and we have our chances in the FA Cup like everyone else. We have many challenges and that is what we want to focus on.

"It is fashionable to have a go at Arsenal but this club is in fantastic shape.

"The pressure is a bit less big against Olympiakos, but we will still want to win the game because we want to finish the job well and finish first in the group - we still have a chance to do that."


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