Defenders Luke Ayling (17), Craig Eastmond (18), Cedric Evina (17) and 18-year-old keeper James Shea have all been signed on by the Gunners following an impressive campaign which also saw the youngsters win the FA Premier Academy League under the guidance of former defender Steve Bould.
"We have spent a lot of time working very closely with the FA and the Premier League clubs, " said RFU chief executive Francis Baron.
Will any coach want to follow a man who has won the Champions League and League Cup twice, the FA Cup four times and the Premier League on no fewer than 10 occasions?
He even nipped back to play a key role in the mostly English Under-18 side which won the FA Premier Academy League and FA Youth Cup double under Steve Bould in 2009.
It is the first official FA reaction since the Premier League floated its global plan to start in 2010-11.
Chelsea won the FA Cup in 2009 with Wilkins as assistant coach and claimed the Premier League and FA Cup double last season.
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Chelsea's vctory on Monday ended United's hopes of winning the double -- securing both the English Premier League and the FA Cup, a trophy the Manchester side have won a record 11 times.
The tournament, seen as third most prestigious in the country behind the English Premier League and the FA Cup, has only recently become a priority for Arsenal after their trophy drought stretched to seven years.
In addition, BT's acquisition of ESPN's TV channels business in the UK and Ireland in February of this year will bring the rights to show live games for the FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Europa League and the German Bundesliga.
Under the deal, BT will get ESPN and ESPN America channels, plus ESPN's live sports rights portfolio, which includes the English Football Association Challenge Cup, better known locally as the FA Cup, the Scottish football Premier League, and Germany's top football league, known as the Bundesliga.
The 21-year-old has played for parent club Liverpool in the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup this season.
"We did not pay an agent when Benjani joined from Auxerre, and his transfer to Manchester City was approved at the time by the Premier League and the FA's compliance unit, " it said.
Witnesses at the hearings, which took place over a seven-month period last year, included representatives from the Professional Footballers' Association, FA, Premier League, the Football Supporters' Federation and members of the media.
Spain, by comparison to Germany, has only a two-week winter break, as does Italy, while England sits at the opposite end of the spectrum: Between the Premier League and the FA Cup, the holiday season is extremely congested, making it a traditional make-or-break-point for many campaigns.
As Old Trafford celebrated at the final whistle, Ancelotti cut a predictably disconsolate figure with only the very faint prospect of challenging United for the title left in his attempts to follow up the Premier League and FA Cup Double he claimed in his first season.
In the English FA Cup, Premier League outfit Everton breezed past third tier Oldham Atheltic in their fifth round replay.
The League Cup, first contested in 1960, is regarded as the third competition in English football behind the Premier League and the FA Cup.
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Mancini helped end a 35-year trophy drought when City won the 2011 FA Cup, and the club won the Premier League last year.
The 2008 FA Cup winners have the worst start in Premier League history, having sold several of their first-team players during the summer transfer window.
Despite the setbacks, Gilberto, who won the Premier League title and two FA Cups during his six years at Arsenal, is convinced England will be a main contender to win the trophy in South Africa.
And at the start of this month, the FA chairman called for more money generated by the Premier League to filter down the football pyramid.
Sharp is keen for the Blues to strengthen their squad in order to maintain the momentum, which saw them finish fifth in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup Final last season.
What A Friend's wins have been followed by defeats to the likes of West Ham in the Premier League and Everton in an FA Cup penalty shootout.
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In England's premier cup competition, the FA Cup, there were replay wins for Premier League sides Wigan, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke and Fulham, though Sunderland succumbed to second tier Bolton.
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Ancelotti's team ended the last campaign as Premier League and FA Cup champions - inflicting home and away league defeats on United in the process, as well as winning the Community Shield.
But Wilkinson believes the powerful influence of the Premier League coupled with infighting at the FA diluted his blueprint's effectiveness - and meant that England failed to make the most of the so-called "golden generation".
The south-coast side, who face Tottenham in the semi-final of the FA Cup at Wembley on Sunday, prop up the Premier League table with 14 points.
Now free of any obligation to the game, he said Lord Triesman was likely to tell MPs the FA is unfit for purpose and overly dominated by the Premier League.
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However, as well as missing both legs of the Carling Cup semi-final with Manchester United he is likely to sit out nine Premier League games and the FA Cup trip to Middlesbrough.
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