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Charlie Patino: Arsenal youngster joins Blackpool on season-long loan

Championship side Blackpool have signed highly-rated Arsenal youngster Charlie Patino on a season-long loan.

The 18-year-old England youth international scored on his Arsenal debut in a 5-1 Carabao Cup win over Sunderland in December.

He started the FA Cup third round loss at Nottingham Forest a month later but has never played a league game.

"This is a great opportunity for me, and I think I'm ready to take this on," Patino said to the Blackpool website.

He is the fourth young player to move to the club on loan this summer from a Premier League side after Liverpool centre-back Rhys Williams,Wolves forward Theo Corbeanu and Manchester City midfielder Lewis Fiorini.