Danny Murphy has hit out at Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and accused him of mismanaging Ethan Nwaneri.
The midfielder became the youngest ever Premier League player aged 15 years and 181 days when he came off the bench in stoppage time of the Gunners' 3-0 win at Brentford on Sunday.
Arsenal boss Arteta insisted Nwaneri's appearance was based on merit but speaking on talkSPORT, Sportsmail columnist Murphy believes the England U17 international would have benefited from not being thrust into the limelight.
Danny Murphy (left) has criticised Mikel Arteta's decision to bring Ethan Nwaneri (right) on in Arsenal's win at Brentford
He also believes Arteta was simply trying to keep 'super-talent' Nwaneri happy, with the youngster having his pick of clubs available to him with Man City and Liverpool among the clubs interested in him.