Blackpool boss Michael Appleton has hailed Charlie Patino as "outstanding" and promised Arsenal fans that the teenager will return to north London with a bright future ahead of him.
Patino, still just 18, has already racked up seven Championship appearances to start an impressive first loan spell away from the Emirates. His latest star showing came over 90 minutes in Blackpool's hard-fought 0-0 draw away to Sunderland on Tuesday, prompting Appleton to heap praise on the loanee.
"18 years old he still is, he can deal with the ball in any area of the pitch, go past people left side, right side," the Tangerines manager waxed lyrical post-match, as Blackpool stopped their rot of three successive defeats. "I said when he came to the club he's as good as anything I've seen dealing with the ball and with good movement of the ball as you've seen tonight he can play as a six, can play as a ten, can play as an eight.
