"The one thing I've always said, I couldn't believe they let Ethan Nwaneri go. I don't care, you can't have too many bodies, even if you're not giving them game-time and those players are not getting into a squad of 20, who cares? He can be unhappy, I don't care if he's happy or unhappy. I think Nwaneri just wanted to play."
"At the end of the season, and the players will know it, there'll be four or five of them who aren't going to be there next year. Those two players I've mentioned there, they probably won't be there next season because they're at a stage where they want to play. They will be thinking, 'I'm not going to be third-choice or fourth-choice'. But, you've got to be ruthless."
Perry Groves has criticized Mikel Arteta's decision to send Ethan Nwaneri on loan to Olympique Marseille in January. Groves believes Nwaneri should have stayed at Arsenal despite competition from senior players like Eberechi Eze and Martin Odegaard. He argues that having additional talented bodies in the squad is valuable, even without guaranteed playing time. Nwaneri has started four games for Marseille, only one more than his appearances for Arsenal before the loan. Groves suggests that senior players may leave Arsenal at season's end, creating opportunities for younger talents like Nwaneri to develop within the club structure.
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