Wenger To Send Arsenal Youngsters Out On Loan

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has revealed that he is ready to send some of the youngsters at the Emirates Stadium out on loan to gain first team experience. Due to the Gunners elimination from the Carling Cup at the hands of Championship side Burnley last week.

Wenger feels that players like Jay Simpson, Gavin Hoyte and Kieran Gibbs need a spell in the Championship, with the young Gunners having no real prospect of first team experience at Arsenal now that they are no longer in the Carling Cup.

However, Wenger has insisted that Jack Wilshere will not be amongst any players that are loaned out from the Premier League club due to the fact that the midfielder is only 16.

“Jay Simpson, Gavin Hoyte and Kieran Gibbs might go on loan,” Wenger told the club website.

“They need to play in the Championship for three or four months. Not Jack Wilshire though, he is only 16.”

Simpson and Gibbs, who are both 19 had spells on loan last season at Millwall and Norwich City respectively, with Simpson scooping the League 1 Player of the Year award, while impressing during his time with The Lions and was a crowd favourite at The Den.

Hoyte the younger brother of former Arsenal defender Justin, who signed for, Premiership rivals Middlesbrough in the summer has yet to spend any time away from the Emirates, but Wenger is keen for 18-year-old to spend some time on loan in the Championship.

However, Mexican International Carlos Vela, who has featured for Arsenal in the Premier League this season, is unlikely to go out on loan again after spending time on loan at Spanish clubs Celta Vigo, Salamanca and Osasuna due to not being granted a work permit, when the 19-year-old signed for the Gunners in 2005.

Former Barcelona youngster Fran Merida is another player unlikely to go out on loan, having spent four months at Real Sociedad last season, but has been on the fringes of the Arsenal first team this season.

Arsenal's Merida: Carling Cup Kids Making Wenger Doubt

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Arsenal youngster Fran Merida insists that he has no regrets about taking the same path as Cesc Fabregas in leaving Barcelona for the Premier League club.

Merida decided to leave the Nou Camp at the age of 16 to develop his football education under Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. 18-year-old Merida is tipped to have a great future at the Emirates Stadium and is part of the young Gunners Carling Cup side that have reached the quarter-finals this season after wins against Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic.

“I’m delighted to be here,” Merida told Marca.

“I arrived at the age of 16 and settled pretty well. My loan to Real Sociedad was a good experience and I feel like I’m improving day by day.”

Despite only having made one Premier League appearance for the North London club, Merida believes that the young Carling Cup side, which includes Jack Wilshere, Carlos Vela, Aaron Ramsey and himself would be good enough to compete in the Premiership.

Merida said: “I think we would. We are making Wenger doubt.

“We have been playing well in the Carling Cup, won the last game with Wigan playing good football. What we want to do is reach the top.

However, despite the comparisons with Spanish International Fabregas, Merida insists he will take it a step at a time in the hope of making it at the Emirates Stadium.

“Honestly, my plans are only short-term ones, like going to training tomorrow. What I want to do is have fun, improve and learn. And one day I want to succeed at Arsenal,” Merida added.

Merida is backing the Gunners to bounce back from the defeat to Aston Villa and has praised Wenger for the Frenchman’s management style, with the midfielder insisting the Premiership is not an easy league.

He said: “Every team experiences gaps during the season. No doubt the team will bounce back, as the players and the team are good enough to fight. The Premier League is not easy.

“Everybody has their opinion and can think whatever they want. Wenger has been at the club for ages and did great things. He brought one-touch football to The Premier League.

“The fans love him and I’m happy with him as well. He imposed his personality when he decided to play young players. Arsenal are the only team that play with them in the Carling Cup.

“I don’t regret having left at 16 even if leaving everything is very difficult. You have to take risks in your life. Anyway I am having a lot of fun.”

Hull To Make January Swoop For Young Gunner?

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Premier League debutantes Hull City are understood to be considering a January swoop for highly-rated Arsenal youngster Carlos Vela, with a loan deal likely to take the Mexican International to the KC Stadium from the Emirates.

19-year-old Vela has been at the Gunners since 2005, but has been loaned out to Celta Vigo, Salamanca and Osasuna in Spain by Arsenal since his arrival at the North London club due to work permit issues.

Vela, who was finally granted a work permit in May of this year has been in superb form for the young Gunners sides that manager Arsene Wenger has played in the Carling Cup. With the young Mexican starlet scoring 4 goals in the wins against Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic, which has seen Arsenal through to the quarter-finals of the competition.

However, Vela has struggled to break into Wenger’s thoughts for the Premier League and will be thrust even further down the pecking order at the Emirates when Croatian International Eduardo makes his expected return to action with the Gunners soon.

Eduardo’s return from his broken leg will allow Wenger to let Vela leave on loan and gain some valuable Premiership experience, with the Tigers reportedly the front-runners to land the young Mexican in January on a loan deal until the ende of the season.