Arsenal have officially promoted youngsters Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Cohen Bramall to the first-team squad.

All three players featured for the senior team in pre-season and are now part of Arsene Wenger’s squad for this campaign.

Winger Nelson progresses to the first-team squad despite still being eligible for the U18s, while midfielder Willock was especially impressive in pre-season.

Bramall’s inclusion indicates that he could well receive an extension to his current contract which expires at the end of the season, with the defender having impressed since joining from non-league side Hednesford Town in January.

Nelson, Willock and Bramall will keep their current squad numbers of 61, 69 and 40 respectively for this season but will receive lower numbers if they are still part of the squad next campaign.

The trio follow in the footsteps of the versatile Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who was promoted to the first-team earlier this summer.

Goalkeeper Matt Macey hasn’t been promoted, which suggests that Ryan Huddart, who still qualifies as an under-21 player and therefore doesn’t have to be included on the senior squad list for the Premier League or the Europa League, could be the club’s third-choice goalkeeper for those competitions.