Should he stay or be loaned out?

The summer transfer window is the ideal time for young talents to go out on loan for the season in order to gain first-team experience.

Arsene Wenger has often sent his young academy products out on loan before getting their shot in the first-team – Francis Coquelin and Jack Wilshere are just two examples of this – with the former sealing several loan moves away before breaking into the starting line-up last season, while the latter joined Bolton in 2010 and has featured for Arsenal since.

Wenger will more than likely attempt to seal a few loan moves for a number of youngsters this summer, but one starlet that will not be leaving on a temporary basis is Alex Iwobi.

Iwobi, 19, impressed in Saturday’s 6-0 Emirates Cup hammering of Lyon and also managed to get on the scoresheet.

And while many would like to see the Nigerian-born teenager play regularly elsewhere to develop his talent and gain further first-team experience, Wenger says Iwobi will not be going anywhere, hinting that he could even feature for the senior side this season:

‘Some players might go out on loan but at the moment Alex Iwobi will stay with us.

‘But for the other young players I have to decide if they need an experience somewhere to play for a first team on a regular basis to finish their education.

‘It’s always difficult to decide that because if they go out then don’t play, they waste their time because here they practice with top-level players. So that’s always very sensitive.’

So, should Wenger loan Iwobi out for the season in order for the youngster to play regular first-team football? Or should the Frenchman keep him at the club and learn from the first-team players?