After watching his Carling Cup side score nine goals in two games against Championship side Sheffield United and Premier League club Wigan Athletic, Arsene Wenger believes at least eight players are good enough to make it through to the first team.
Wenger believes playmaking midfielder Jack Wilshere, Welshman Aaron Ramsey, striker Jay Simpson, and pacy wing back Kieran Gibbs, can all step up over the next few seasons.
"If you ask me how many will play at Arsenal in the Premier League I would say about seven to eight," Wenger explained in the Northampton Chronicle.
"That's because if you look at the team that played in the Carling Cup Final two years ago, our midfield was at that time Theo Walcott, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Abou Diaby and that was the midfield that started against Manchester United [last week] two years later," he added.
Of the current crop, he said: "There is Lukasz Fabianski, Alex Song and Johan Djourou who are ready to play as much as all the others. You have Gavin Hoyte, Kieran Gibbs, Wilshere and Mark Randall who have a future at the English national level and Jay Simpson is a good goalscorer."
Arsenal take on Aston Villa at the weekend. Manuel Almunia is likely to return to first-team duty after the concussion he suffered during the Manchester United game.
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