Young Guns: Ryan Huddart

The boy’s a bit special

Huddart has been with Arsenal since he was 15 and signed professional terms with the Gunners on his 17^th birthday.

Upon signing for the red half of north London, Huddart revealed that former Arsenal No.1 Jens Lehmann was his hero when growing up:

“This has given me a massive boost especially as I got the chance to train with one of my all-time idols, Jens Lehmann.

“Jens is the goalkeeper that I most looked up to. He had a real presence, made the right decisions and had his own style of keeping. I had the honour of working twice a week with him last season and that really helped me.”

Career highlights so far

There is no greater honour for a footballer than representing your country. Therefore, the fact the 6 ft 3 in ‘keeper has represented England at U16 and U17 level will no doubt rank highly with the youngster.

Future Emirates regular

It’s always a hard one to call with goalkeepers and, at the moment, with Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina, Arsenal look pretty set between the sticks. However, at just 17, Ryan has a few years of learning and growth to do, so come his early 20s he may well be knocking on that first-team door.

His most interesting tweet

I always like it when our Arsenal youngsters show a genuine love for the club and a sense of pride at being part of the Arsenal.

Ryan’s tweets and retweets mainly contain pro-Arsenal content – with the odd ‘cheeky trip to Westfields followed by a Nando’s’ of course.

On the way to Wembley come on you Gunners #coyg http://t.co/48kKWLqeZj

— Ryan Huddart (@Ryanhuddart1) May 17, 2014