Arsenal's Emmanuel Frimpong: Arsene Wenger Has Confidence In Me

Blossoming Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has reiterated to the press how much confidence Arsene Wenger has in his young guns, and how the Frenchman has no qualms in promoting from within.

Frimpong told the The Daily Mail: "I was injured for the first three months of this season, but now I’m trying to push into the reserves.

"When I came back from injury, I trained for two days and then had a game for 60 minutes.

"The next day I was in with the first team and involved in the Carling Cup games. I’m African, so I’ve got a friendship with the African lads, like [Alexandre] Song and [Emmanuel] Eboue.

"It was a great experience," he said. "It shows the manager had confidence in me. That’s the way it is at Arsenal: young players are given a chance to play and that’s important.

"If you work hard enough, the manager will put you in the team.

"So every day when you go out on the training pitch you try to improve your game because you know when your time is ready you’ll get a chance in the first team."

Alan Dawson, Goal.com UK