Osei-Tutu makes Arsenal squad to face Vorskla Poltava

English-born Ghanaian kid Jordi Osei-Tutu is in Arsenal squad to face Vorskla Poltava in the Europa League on Thursday Evening.

Osei-Tutu, 20, is among seven young players who have been called by Unai Emery for the crunch game at the Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium in Ukraine.

Emery mentioned that it is their policy to give young players a good platform and it has been working well.

“We have a big responsibility with young players,” Emery said. “At Arsenal, every year we are working very well with young players.

“When there are matches like Thursday’s in a very big week for us, where we are playing a lot of matches, we have players to cover here. We need to give them chances.

“They are working with us in all the sessions and also in pre-season. They are coming with us because we can give them chances tomorrow and also because we would prefer for some players to not do this long travelling. We prefer for them to stay in London working for the next match on Sunday.

“The Europa League is very important for us and it’s very important for us to win on Thursday and come first in this group. The young players are going to have chances.

“Then you know that some players like Eddie Nketiah, like Willock, like Emile Smith Rowe, have played. Then other younger players are coming through with us like Bukayo, Dominic, Zech and Charlie. For us, it’s not different because they are working with us every day.”

Charlie Gilmour, Zech Medley, Dejan Iliev, Dominic Thompson, Tyreece John-Jules and Bukayo Saka are the other young players who can make their debut this evening.