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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta set to promote Omari Hutchinson to the first team with 18-year-old starlet already lauded by legend Pele for his 'amazing' freestyle skills

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is set to promote Omari Hutchinson and could hand the youngster his Premier League debut after Brazil legend Pele claimed the teenagers' 'freestyle skills' were amazing.

Hutchinson, 18, could be next in line for the Gunners with Arteta never been one to shy away of giving youth a chance at the Emirates Stadium.

The attacking midfielder has been named amongst Arsenal's substitutes on several occasions, but it yet to make his first team debut under the Spaniard.

Omari Hutchinson could be next in line to make his Arsenal debut under boss Mikel Arteta
The 18-year-old attacker has also impressed Brazil legend Pepe due to his 'freestyle skills'

That could well change, though, with Hutchinson named on the bench ahead of Arsenal's clash at home against Brentford, in place of Gabriel Martinelli who is suspended following a red card licked up in the win over Wolves.