Arsenal have added Servette youngster Kevin Mbabu to their squad for this weeks Ferroli Cup. The 16-year-old is the latest in a long line of trialists who will have the chance to earn a transfer at the prestigious Italian tournament.
Steve Gatting’s side last won the competition in 2008, when Sean McDermott saved and then scored a penalty in a shoot out against Juventus. The Gunners begin this years round of games on Thursday, against AC Milan, before further games with Aspire Academy and A.C. Sambonifacesce.
Mbabu is a highly rated defensive midfielder, who is equally at home at centre back or right back. He follows in the footsteps of Philippe Senderos, who joined Arsenal from Servette in 2003. Kevin is also a Swiss international, who scored on his debut against Belgium earlier this year.
He is expected to go straight into the lineup for the first game against AC Milan, along with new signings Kristoffer Olsson and Leander Siemann. However, Arsenal aren’t the only club interested. Mbabu enjoyed a trial with Manchester United recently, and they remain keen.
You can follow more build up to the Ferroli Cup tomorrow.
Hope he doesnt follow the footsteps of senderos at arsenal.On the flip side his name sounds like one of the bad guys in 24 series 7
He has nice hair :DDDD
Jamie what has happened to the striker philip Roberts U18s,isn’t he meant to play in the ferroli cup?
lol, he looks like a young Henrik Larsson with that hairstyle xD
His profile with a video:
http://www.football-talents.co.uk/Kevin_Mbabu-3_7-29085-2.html
Sign him up ! We need more kids. Miquel and Hajrovic are obviously not good enough so we need to compensate for the two flops.
The jury is still out on Angha and Monteiro.
looks good
Looks cute despite his hair being like Lucky dube.Does he have an African connection
Duh!!!!
From the photo above I think he looks a lot like Liam Brady. I hope he can play as well as the great man
Ooooh, you beat me to that joke Jules! Great minds and al that…
I hope he impress us because we need to bring up more defenders and about his hair from what i have seen he look like he is not pure swizerland so i think he has a link with african some how, all the same his hair is not what we want but his performance so i wish him the best.
Isnt there another trialist
Nope
he look a little old in the picture ;)
we need gud performer n consistence player not trender.
Yet another one….Don’t we have enough of these young ones.This is a ‘YOUNG-GUNS’ site but…6 years….trophy …..success…God have mercy.
you do realize that by mentioning “young guns” you essentially negate your own argument? think before you type
Seriously; you are cracking me up.
we need all the players we can get. frankly this years U18’s have been a mess no one that really stands out.some may argue & afobe was on loan,but fact is that they’v been really unimpressive.we need top starlets not every moron that kicks a ball.any truth that manutd have pipped is to the signature of varane were we after him on the first place.whts the latest on ozy’s contract?
i guarantee hes gonna be shit by the time he makes the first team coz all of our swiss players tend to be
Arsenal Souts are so stupid, you have so many good players in London 12, 13, 14years old I SO THEM.
You dont need to go in france brazil germany.