In keeping with The Athletic, Arsenal have reached an settlement with Shamrock Rovers for the companies of 16-year-old midfielder Victor Ozhianvuna.
The Gunners have had an thrilling switch window and so they have already made seven signings after the acquisition of Crystal Palace playmaker Eberechi Eze. The England worldwide was unveiled to the followers on the Emirates Stadium yesterday.
The Athletic now reveal that the membership have agreed a cope with Shamrock for the switch of Ozhianvuna. The price will likely be an Irish report price, surpassing the £1.6 million paid by Tottenham Hotspur to signal St Patrick’s Athletic teenager Mason Melia.
The 16-year-old has already accomplished his medical with Arsenal, and a deal could possibly be finalised within the coming week.
Enormous expertise
Ozhianvuna has already made his senior debut for Shamrock Rovers. He scored on his full debut towards Wexford within the FAI second spherical final month, and has managed 15 appearances so far.
The teenager is primarily an attacking midfielder however prefers to function from the left too. He has additionally featured as a right-sided winger. His versatility could have impressed the London giants.
Ozhianvuna has likewise caught the attention together with his good distribution expertise and bodily presence. Arsenal can’t signal him till 18 instantly as a consequence of Brexit guidelines, however he can signal a pre-contract.
A switch will formally undergo in January 2027 and Arsenal will likely be aiming to coordinate with Shamrock to make sure that Ozhianvuna has adequate recreation time to develop his expertise additional.
Arsenal have made immense progress over the previous few years beneath supervisor Mikel Arteta. The main target has additionally been on develop younger skills. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri made their huge breakthroughs final 12 months.
15-year-old Max Dowman seems the subsequent in line to take action. He had a full of life debut Premier League debut towards Leeds United yesterday and received a late penalty in stoppage time which was transformed by Viktor Gyokeres.
With the premature accidents of Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka within the first two matchdays, we might see Dowman incomes loads of minutes for the Gunners over the approaching weeks.
