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The scout who discovered Jack Wilshere described new Arsenal midfield sensation Charlie Patino as the best player to ever come through the club's academy, according to another Gunners talent-spotter.
Teenager Patino is on the verge of breaking into the Arsenal first-team after being used by Mikel Arteta in the club's training sessions over the summer. A recent video of his performance for Arsenal's Under-23s side at Swindon Town went viral among the club's supporters this week.
And Arsenal scout Brian Stapleton, who spotted the player while he was playing for Luton Town - the same club Wilshere came from in 2001 - said his boss in the Arsenal scouting department believes no youngster has shown more promise than Patino.
Charlie Patino is the best youngster to ever be at Arsenal, according to a leading club scout
A video of midfielder Patino, 17, (left) impressing for Arsenal's Under-23s went viral this week
'Of all the years I've been scouting, he's the best kid I've ever seen,' Stapleton told Goal last month. 'I got a tip off about Charlie from a guy, so I went over there and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He was 11 and I think he was playing in the Under-13s, and I was like "wow".
'His first touch was unbelievable, his vision, his awareness of space. He was way above his years, he was on another planet to anyone else on the pitch.
'I made a phone call to my head of my department at Arsenal at the time, Shaun O'Connor. He asked what I thought and I said, 'well, I'm
