Benik Afobe will remain on loan with Huddersfield Town, Young Guns can confirm. The League One outfit have reached an agreement with Arsenal to keep Afobe beyond the original December 4th deadline.
The 17-year-old has impressed in his short spell in Yorkshire, bagging three goals and three assists in just seven matches. Manager Lee Clark has lauded Benik publicly, calling him “another fantastic young player from the Arsenal production line.” However, Arsenal did step in and ask Clark to be careful over the amount of playing time the youngster was receiving, fearing burnout.
The extension will see Afobe remain with Huddersfield until January, where more talks will be held over a potential deal until the end of the season. Due to the conditions of the loan, the striker will be available for all of Arsenal’s FA Youth Cup commitments.
You can follow Benik’s progress throughout December in Young Guns’ regular ‘Loanees’ roundups.
What is the point of him coming back to play in the U18 youth competition..if he can hold his own with adult players in a tough league – (if its about development he should stay where he is).;
It worked for Wilshere and Lansbury. Wilshere was with the first team and then played FA Youth Cup, and Lansbury came back from Scunthorpe for the finals. So… It works.(for them) No idea why he should not be allowed to showcase his new skills at lower level.
Mate I’ve been watching Huddersfield for 43 years and watching Afobe leaves me with the same feeling that I got when a young lad called Frank Worthington was given a chance in the first team.
He is going to be brilliant.He’s strong,fast knows how to score and is not greedy.
Him and Jordan Rhodes play well off each other and could be the best combo in league 1.Hope we get him for the rest of the season,get promoted and get to keep him for another season in the championship.
A big thanks to your staff for lending him to us.
Oh and I forgot to mention a lot of Town fans are now looking for Arsenals result every saturday hoping that you win!
Great news, hope he carries on scoring and gets a Carling Cup chance next year.
Have a look at your last post J i got the team spot on with the 4-4-2 shout!
I am not sure that was exactly a 4-4-2 lol. It more looked like 4 strikers out there to me.
if he can carry on like this then he might be able to get into arsenal first team in 2-3 years time.
Wenger wants strikers who create and score and Benik is certainly doing that even at this young age and at a place like league one
It’s also good for a player’s development to win things – this may well be why they bring him back. Even if they don’t win, they get experience coming close (touch wood), and this is the sort of mental development that you can’t get unless you actually win things. It’s why we are in the Carling Cup to win it, not just develop young players. The line this season is that winning the CC provides the basis for future trophies.
Great deal me thinks, another player who has to be loaned out is aneke
I’m a Huddersfield fan & pleased that you all feel it’s a good deal for Benik, I can assure you he will develop as a player, we try to play attacking football in the right manner! He’s doing well & we’ve taken him to our hearts so good deal all round!
Great news – thanks !
If we can remain in the promotion race it is good experience for him rather than say going to a struggling Championship side with possible morale issues
Strange. Arsenal point out the risk of burn out and then consider playing Afobe in the FA Youth Cup at the same time he is on loan.
He is our player, we can point out and use him where we like. I am sure within the arrangement minutes on the pitch will be involved, the kid is only 17, he is no rooney, hence he is at Huddersfield, gaining some experience and hopefully help them to promotion or at least the play offs. The FA Youth Cup has always been a prestigious trophy for Arsenal, it allows us to measure the quality of our squad and gives the youth players a sense of unity, no matter where they are reserves, u18’s, u16’s or even out on loan.
I think their is only one FA Youth Cup fixture between now and January, but I am probably wrong.
maybe its good to take him back so he can feel the different of levels more clear. he will come back and realise how bad everyone else is compared to league 2. That will make him think how much he needs to work to play in Premier league.
when arsenal will play with west ham??and we will play at home or awaY??please give me a answer,and who are the others two teams ??
why are you guys saying he will be ready for first team in 2 years?
are you sure you want him at arsenal?
benik knows he can do better job than most arsenal first teamers including walcott.
i say he’s ready for first team now cause
arsenal need a powerful striker
You on heroin or something young Sam?
benik afobe is not gonna wait 2 years to play first team football.
if lazy russian can hold a regular place then he can at least have a sub role next season. remember we lost games because our strikers fail to finish off the opposition.
the lazy russian? God i hate morons on here.
A successful season in League One could lead to your wish of him being on the bench next season at Arsenal. Alternatively he should be loaned to a Championship side short term next season – however best advice would be one that is going places not a struggler and one that plays the right type of football for him.
its not my wish its reality.
this boy is strong enough to play in the premiership and can do a better job than most of our wasteful first team strikers.
Sam … all the english contingent could do a better job than whats there now.. Monsieur Wenger needs to open his eyes and see what he has there before they all go elsewhere..
Yeh, cos wilshere, gibbs and walcott never make mistakes playing in the 1st team?!?! I think gibbs and wilshere are world class players in the making and theo will be a quality player as well, but the fact is wenger FAVOURS the english players coming through. That’s why we didnt do much to keep hold of merida and why vela can’t get a game no matter how well he plays in his sub or cup games, while theo gets a 60k pw contract before he’s played well twice in a row.
Injury and form permitting i fully expect Benik Afobe to be getting game time at Asenal by the time he is 19 years old IMO.
yeah 19 sounds good. whats the point to rushing a boy to injuries? In premier league they mean business, if they can’t stop you they will tackle you and one day you will be injured for many weeks in total and you will never be in form again. that will takes even longer to mature in the gameplay and the experience will be gone with the wind. Lets see how much longer Bendtner, arshavin and rvp will stay. at this point I can’t see how bendtner will become our future for many years when he clearly needs to work on his techniques to do anything right. yeah sure he scored but what an assist from Vela. JET is SO much better wih the ball at his feet and again he ddn’t looked bad when he came on, keep in mind he had 8 min or so to impressed and our play was slow and the priority was keep the ball and stay focused. Wenger said he might be loaned out and I don’t want him to make the bench and only get to play the last min to play for. He shold go to a premier league team cus hes that good and many bottom and middle teams needs him.
http://www.bdpost.co.uk/sport/arsenal_starlet_afobe_set_for_dagenham_homecoming_1_743721
http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/thenoisefrombrazil/archive/2010/12/02/has-wenger-s-latest-gem-lost-his-sparkle-before-even-arriving-at-arsenal.aspx
dont like the sound of that jay????
@TYSON: don’t worry. In Brazil, Muricy Ramalho is widely known by not using kids. He did the same with denilson. When Arsenal made an offer for Denilson, Muricy was coaching Sao Paulo and didn’t even know who Denilson was. There are a lot of reports saying how bad he treats the young players. And he dropped Wellington because he is already sold. He may be a winner, but he doesn’t know how to treat youngsters.
JS heard phil roberts broke his leg massive blow. I really think he can break through at arsenal. Arsenal dont have a striker like him. Ansah, afobe are similar. Roberts has got that x factor
Josh rees is still injured. But alban banjaku has done really well. Does he have enough pace to play on the wings?
JS its also quite suprising to see the arsenal under 18s defend so badly especially under the guidance of steve bould.
I am not convinced by Martin angha he doesnt look like a centre half to me. Maybe a right back or defensive midfielder. I prefer hajroivic and montiero. From what i have seen from Steve smith he looks a bit small for me but its his first year
don’t you get tired of leaving the same shit over and over? always the same comments who will make it and who don’t and almost exactly the same post all over again.
Tired? LOL i dont post alot of comments on here but they seem have an effect on ppl lol i am so popluar even the “Next Arsenal wonderkid, whizzkid” benik afobe has emailed me
PPl seem to get angry with my opinions. I dont give a shit to be honest. Everyone has got an opinion so jom please stop crying grow some balls and be a man for god sakes.
Stop being a little lost child
Afobe has emailed you? That should encourage you to stop slating our youth players. It’s all good to have opinions but some of them are clearly reading these youth blogs and they are only kids so there wont come anything good out from slating them like you do particulary to Afobe.
I dont take the piss out players i just say they are not good enough for the arsenal first team or youth teams.
Its my opinion.
I have always said afobe is a quality player just not good enough for arsenal.
I even told him that i said to him “Your a quality finisher mate but thats about it” and i said I” hope you prove me wrong”wrong.
wow… you have a chance to make an impact on one of our future kids and already you said to him he cant make it. that very very encouraging for our future players to hear. You are one of them who really want Arsenal to be all english and yet you think he can’t and telling him he wont. I am pretty sure no one really takes you serious and your opinion is from someone who was not so good at football but who talked a lot.
John I am sorry but I think your an idiot why da hell would you say that…your basically messing with the kids mentality even though i am sure Afobe knows better than to make you affect his ambition…I dont ever recall any player being good from the get go…they practically work hard to get where they are…look at henri when he came he was nothing compared to what he turned out to be…so use your common sense Afobe has the foundation to become top notch. All he has to do is work hard…
everybowhy do people respond to this john. he’s probably a yid. he aint an arsenal fan and lets be honest afobe never emailed him. why would he. im sure although only 17, he isnt going to waste his time emailing someone who doesnt write positive things in a blog about him. I doubt he would respond to a genuine fan. I personally think the lads got a cracking future, if not at arsenal, another big club! he is a fantastic finisher and from what ive seen he’s got more than just goals. Lets hope he makes it here though and even smashes thierrys records.
Keep up the good work Jay, always good reading
typing error dorry, it was ment to start… why do people
John – If you checked Afobe scoring stats and in particular the teams around Europe who have been watching him and at the grand old age of 17 – I think the kid is doing remarkably well. To e-mail the kid and say he is not good enough is just insane. 7 matches, 3 goals and 3 assists. AND ONCE AGAIN 17 years old. Yes Wiltshire was around at that point and so was Fabregas but Fabregas was an exception because he is WORLD CLASS and received and played with Messi and Pique but Arsenal have Bentdner, Vela, Arshavin, Walcott, RVP, Chamakh and even Jet infront of him. So at 17 Wenger believes he is good enough to play first team football at a competative level. So to sum it up chief…think you need to remove your balls from the view of your eyes.
my apologies *Received a great footballing education at Barcelona*
I think you’re a closet Spurs fan John, that’s the only viable explanation. We all want our young players to succeed and different players develop at different ages ala Ian Wright
john
are you thesame John or goes to arsenalyouth wordpress to hate on afobe?
This blog should be called “John the Dump versus Young Guns”, you’re so vain John!!!
I havent offended benik afobe lol i just said to him apart from finishing you do nothing else.
How is that taking the pss out of him?
Plus with the strikers we have got vela, bendtner, walcott, who are young guys how is a guy like afobe going to break through i just cant see it sorry thats just my opinion.
Hes a local lad it would be great to see him come through but unless he changes and adds more to his game he wont make it. Bold prediction but thats my opinion i dont give a monkeys if you dont agree with it.
Hes done well in the fa cup against Maccesfield town a league 2 side and cambridge a conference side
You are a bell-end John.
Just my opinion I haven’t offended you or took the piss out of you
I hope you prove me wrong
J.S. Do you have any info on Rhys Murphy??
The John Dude – “Hey, you…Steve Bould come here…”
Bould- “Yes…”
The John Dude – “Hey, all Benik Afobe can do is score goals. That’s all he can do. I hope he proves me wrong…! So there…Hee Hee Hee…!
Bould- “Well, he scored three goals and made 3 goals in his first seven matches on loan in Division 2. If he works hard and keeps up that pace he could have 15 goals and 15 assists in a 38 game season. That’s not bad for a 17 year old. He’s doing more than just score goals.
The John Dude – “Bould, you and the other coaches are thick. You don’t get it do you. All he does is score goals. Jeez…people are dumb!”
Henri Lansbury – “Ahhh…hey coach, ummm, you might want to leave that dude alone. He’s weird. I think he’s slow. He follows me around all the time and just tells me how great I am. Fuckin’ weirdo…”
Bould – “Thanks Henri” (Bould and Lansbury walk away)
The John Dude – (whistfully) “I love you Henri…”
KC mate you need help. Fantasizing, drooling over an imaginary conversation between myself and steve bould.
You seriously need help.
As for robin jack williams you need to grow up
haha…….KC. Loving your work!
loool. i think you guys are taking this too far. he’s only expressing his oppinion, if you don’t like it so be it. we all have our own oppinions about certain things.
I can’t believe so many of you are taking john seriously.
You do realise there’s absolutely no way a professional footballer would be getting in touch with some troll who enjoys slagging him off on a website for attention, right?
Wrenny mate take some rennie tablets please brown stains are dripping out of your trousers.
PPl take me seriously cause believe it or not i am probably the only one on here whos a realist and takes things into perspective. There is too much praise, poisitivity, this youngsters next big thing, hes the next wonderkid etc.
Too much hype i put a bit of realism on here to balance it out
John mate, I wasn’t having a go. I love your work, you’re a smart and funny guy. That brown stains thing cracked me up!
So what’s Afobe been saying to you? Is he enjoying it down at Huddersfield?
Why is everyone crying about John all the time? He has his opinions like all of us. Whether they are right or wrong is another story but what do you want from him….to lie about his beliefs? We have 40 other people on here acting as the opposite to John….always saying every kid is the greatest and a future world star. I remember are the hype about Ayling and i kept asking is he really that good. Everyone kept saying how awesome he is and 1 month later he is sold to a league 1 team lol.
We need more realistic people on here but in all we just need people to be real. Stop blowing smoke up everyones ass.
O yah, if a 17 to 23 year old player is that affected by something a person says from this site, then there is no chance in hell he makes it in professional football.
Luke ayling had problems with stevebould he rejected a contract and moved on. Arsenal didn’t realease him cause he wasn’t good enough
proof?
What kind of problems? I remember Bould praising Aylings performances in youth cup run and Ayling said Bould has helped him alot
Btw did Benik really contact you? how did he get your email?
And in Wengers press conference he said JET could go out on loan to Premiership team
Benik afobe contacted me via twitter.
As he isnt following me he sent an email i couldnt believe he actually looks at comments from arsenal fans but fair play to him.
JS said Steve bould and ayling had a bust up and refused to sign a contract.
JS i dont know if you have been keeping in touch with ayling career but he seems to be a bit injury prone been injured quite a bit for yeovil town fc.
Wow John, you are a muppet lol. I was sticky up for you and you start an argument with something i said lol. As for Ayling, regardless of how he left, he obviously was not as good as everyone claimed or he would not have ended up at Yeovil town.
edit….”Sticking up for you”
Real Shame about ayling. Reminded me a bit of Matthew connolly.
Matty connolly was an excellent prospect but wanted first team football (Wenger wanted to keep him) shame with injuries but hes doing really well for QPR now.
Hes certainly bulked up now he looks muscular, bulky which wasnt the case before.
Hes only 23 if he can sort out his injury problems he could play at the highest level in my opinion
John, Samir Nasri played for Arsenal today. He did just “ok” though, but like you always say, he’s not good enough to start at our club…definitely not “starter material” for Arsenal. I think he’s got something like 11 goals this season. That’s decent but that’s not good enough to start.
Your a tool man!
And anyone who believes his bullshit about Ayling wanting to leave Arsenal for Yoevil Town, that’s great…and I also happen to own a bridge in Brooklyn that I’d be happy to sell you on the cheap!
Eh? Real shame that a Gooner is playing down his own young gem. And what an irrational and ludicrous explanation this John chap is selling us ! Afobe can only score goals, right? But isn’t that what strikers generally do? You appear to be a closet Spurs fan, as someone already pointed out.
imagine Johns own kids…
Spurs John: “hey you just can’t do math, physics and biology, why don’t you just go for doctor exam?
kid: No dad I want to be an architect and marine biologist.
Spurs John: Hey listen you suck at math I am smarter than you why don’t you listen to me?? I am realistic apart from you. You will never ever be an architect because you really suck at math.
A few years later… The kid became an architect because he wanted to prove his dad wrong and worked really really hard to catch up for the lost talents of raw math skill.
Spurs John never admitted he was wrong though. And rarely get to sees his grand sons because their dad(Kid) doesn’t want bad influence to his kids.
Credit: KC for inspiration.
john, afobe has scored goals in England youth competition, arsenal youth levels and now for Huddersfield. The kid is 17 and a goal machine. I have seen him play many times and aside from his finishing ability, his positioning is amazing. He scores goals. He is a massive prospect and you telling him he wont make it is the perspective of someone who isnt involved in football. Bould and wenger are as is guardiola at Barca who tracked him. potentially Arsenals most promising kid at the moment you keep putting him down until he reaches the first team.
Oh and go back to your bottle and have another drink were bored of hearing your dribble
I’m a Huddersfield Town supporter and we have a good setup thanks to our chairman Dean Hoyle who puts his money where his mouth is because he is also a HT supporter.
Perhaps we have a chance to get into the championship sometime in the future but one thing is for sure we are well capable of playing decent football at this level and Lee Clarke is still learning as a manager.
I can totally understand that Arsenal don’t want to burn Benik out and he is your asset, his loan deal as a HT supporter is a great for us and I can see that by regularly playing with a good bunch of players he will gain the experience he needs to ultimately play at a higher level.
Surely the Arsenal management will be watching the match DVD’s to assess Benik’s progress in our team, he needs to attain a level of play that supports the possibility of him playing in the premier league and this means he needs to be MUCH BETTER than 99% of league one players to achieve this?
For myself I can only thank the Arsenal officials and club for loaning him to us and I hope he stays until the end of the season, what a great young prospect you have in the pipeline!