Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has reiterated his faith in youngster Charlie Patino.
The midfielder has been impressing while out on loan so far this season.
The 20-year-old is currently spending the season at Swansea City in the Championship.
Patino may find it tough to get into the Gunners first team, given they are flying high in the Premier League and now have a deep squad.
Despite having been at Arsenal since 2015, Patino has not made a senior competitive appearance for the club yet.
However, Arteta stated of the youngster to reporters: There's always a pathway and when we make decisions on those kind of players it's always to keep an eye on them and see, can we evolve the squad in that way and the first thing that what we do is look internally."