Young Leicester City defender, Ben Chilwell, is the subject of reported interest from Arsenal after he has impressed for club's youth teams.
Youth Team
Chilwell, has featured for Leicester's youth teams as he bypassed the under-18 side and went straight into the under-21 team at the age of 17. The now 18-year-old has captained Leicester's under-21 side in the U21 Premier League and has even earned a squad number in Claudio Ranieri's first-team. He has featured for the under-21's on seven occasions scoring one goal which came in the recent 6-1 loss to Sunderland.
After receiving the number 30 for the first-team, Ranieri has started the English youngster once in Leicester's fifth round defeat to Hull City last week. His introduction to the senior squad came after the departure of the ever-present Paul Konchesky to QPR. His influence in the U21 squad has caught the eye of some of the bigger Premier League with rumours of interest from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
England International
The young starlet has even represented his native England at two different age groups, U18 and U19. He also earned a call-up to the Under-20 side in the most recent set of internationals but didn't feature. Chilwell has made a total of eight appearances for both teams and almost went straight past the under-18's after a handful of top-drawer appearances.
The interest from Arsenal has come as no surprise to some Leicester fans - who take an interest in the youth teams - as some have mentioned that they expect the Under-21 player to go on to become a cult hero for his boyhood club. He won the prestigious award of the club's Academy Player of the Year at last season's awards and his success in this award as well as his good form has alerted Arsenal scouts and officials from the London club, who will be hopeful of securing his signature in either January or at the end of the season in July.
There's no doubt that the promising left-back will at some point feature regularly in Premier League fixtures whether that be in a Leicester shirt, an Arsenal shirt or maybe another Premier League side. We might not have to wait too long to see him make his mark in the England set-up.
