Garlick also noted that both players had a great pre-season, adding that it’s about looking at what opportunities there are that will help both moving forward.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Arsenal CEO, Richard Garlick, has said despite the Premier League champions’ desire to keep home-grown talents Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, they will be allowed to leave for the right price.
He made this known on Wednesday during an interview with BBC Sport while discussing the future of the left-back and midfielder.
Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri—both 19 years old—have been linked with summer moves away, including to rival clubs in the Premier League.
Despite making a significant number of appearances for Arsenal’s first team as academy graduates, both players’ potential departures would represent pure profit for the Gunners and help balance the books.
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Reacting to questions on the possibility of letting them go this summer, Garlick insisted that the club was not actively seeking to offload the players but would consider it if “the right opportunity” came up.
”There’s been a lot of speculation around players,” he said.
Garlick added: “I can’t stop other clubs being interested. I think Myles has had a fantastic end to last season and has started this one really well—we’re very, very happy with him.
”Ethan has had a great pre-season as well and I think it’s just a case of looking at what opportunities there are that will help both of those in terms of their career moving forward. We are not actively looking at selling those homegrown players, but if the right opportunity came up—right for them and the club—we’d obviously consider that.”
