Laraman, left, and Gatting were stood down by Arsenal at the start of the month

Two Arsenal youth coaches have been suspended pending a club investigation into allegations of bullying. It emerged yesterday that Steve Gatting and Carl Laraman, manager and assistant manager respectively of the club’s under-23 team, were stood down at the start of the month.

An Arsenal spokesman said: “We have suspended two coaches and launched an investigation following complaints from some players. These are private matters and we will not discuss any further detail.”

The club have been conducting an investigation for the past week. It is understood that the coaches strongly deny any allegations of misconduct. They had been due to lead the under-23s in the Premier League International Cup final against Porto on Tuesday but were not on the bench as their team lost