The location of our Europa League group has hogged the headlines over the last 24 hours, but that won’t be on the mind of our players.
Especially Charlie Gilmour, Zech Medley, Dejan Iliev, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Dominic Thompson, Tyreece John-Jules and Bukayo Saka.
Those seven are on the cusp of competitive first-team debuts after being drafted into a youthful squad for this trip to Ukraine to face Vorskla Poltava.
Unai Emery has had a close look at our academy hopefuls in training and he believes it is right to give them a chance.
“We have a big responsibility with young players,” he said.