The Manchester United class from the ’92 team is often called the largest young side of all time, with David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Phil Neville, key players on Old Trafford from this team.
Martin Keown, however, believes that Arsenal The youth team, which they were a part, which is almost not talked about.
Although they failed to reach the FA Youth Cup final, let alone dominate such Manchester United The youth did it in 1991/92, many players from this youth side Arsenal had successful careers in the first Gunners team. For Keown, they would certainly have their own in a hypothetical match against class ’92.
Martin Keown emphasizes the quality of his young side of Arsenal from 1983
“We would definitely give them more than a good game,” says Keown Fourfour. “This is a scandal about which the youth team in Arsenal does not speak enough if at all.
“I once heard Arsene Wenger said that Arsenal had to imitate the Manchester United class from ’92. It was very rare to show a lack of knowledge, but this showed how our youth team was overlooked, even in our club – nearly 5,000 games between us, six international and abundant number of league titles.
“Tony Adams, Niall Quinn, David Rocastle, Michael Thomas, I, Paul Merson, Martin Hayes, who was the best scorer of the club [in 1986-87]… just a great group of players. “
Although Keown had to leave Arsenal to regular football First Team, with spells in Aston Villa and Everton, later he returned to Highbury to start the first team. It was only the arrival of Wenger when he really realized what influence the French would have on the club.
“Arsene Wenger He was my football father and it did not take me almost time to realize that he was different, “says Keown. “Shortly after arriving, he organized a 15-minute conversation with each player. When I sat with him, he did something that few managers did with me: he made me feel special.
“He told me that he saw how much I play, at the back and in the middle of the field, and he watched movies from me from the last 18 months, and everything I had to do was play exactly the same way and I would do it 100 percent in his team .
“Then he said I had to talk [vice-chairman] David Dein as a club did not pay me anywhere close enough. I felt appreciated and wanted. We never looked back together. “
