Young Lions forward pens first pro deal with Arsenal

Wednesday 11 Feb 2015
England U17 forward Chris Willock has signed his first professional contract at Arsenal.

The 17-year-old has featured six times for John Peacock’s Young Lions this season, helping them to qualify from their First Round European Qualifying group in Cyprus with a 100 per cent record back in October.

Willock has been a regular for Arsenal’s U18s this season, and has also played in six of the U19s’ seven UEFA Youth League matches. 

In addition, he has represented his club at U21-level twice also this campaign.

The London-born youngster has been at the club since the age of eight.

He will be hoping to feature for England U17s in their Elite Round Qualifiers for the European Championship in the Midlands next month.

Ticket details for those games are available by clicking here.


By Gary Stonehouse Staff Writer