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Arsenal boss Arteta hails Wilshere's young guns as FA Youth Cup semi-final looms

by Layth Yousif

ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta has hailed Jack Wilshere’s FA Youth Cup side as they gear up for their biggest game of the season. 

The Gunners much-vaunted academy team hosts Manchester City at Ashburton grove this evening in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup. 

Wilshere’s buccaneering young guns have earned huge plaudits this term for the manner of their swashbuckling victories on their way to the last four. 

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