The exciting talents Arsenal are hoping will fire them to glory in the next few years

Last night Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger placed academy starlet Isaac Hayden on the bench for their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

The Frenchman is well known for putting his faith in his youngsters, with Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Cesc Fabregas and plenty more flourishing under his stewardship.

And at the moment it appears another generation of stars are coming to the fore with the Gunners’ youth team’s reaching the FA Youth Cup semi-finals and the UEFA Youth League quarter-finals where they will take on Barcelona.

But who could be joining young defender Hayden in the first-team squad in the near future? talkSPORT takes a look five up and coming youngsters…