It is increasingly likely that if Arsenal are to strengthen their squad to challenge for the Premier League title for a third consecutive season, they will first have to offload some players. However, one player they will not want to lose is young striker Chidozie Obi-Martin.
To give themselves room to maneuver around the Premier League’s financial regulations, the Gunners will want to be active on both sides of the transfer market and, after failing to secure any trophies last season, manager Mikel Arteta will certainly be ready to go. selection in order. take the fight to Manchester City when the season starts in August.
Stars who were out on loan for most of last season are the most likely to top the watch list., with Kieran Tierney, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares just some of the names. First-team pieces that could be sold to raise funds for their war chest include midfielder Thomas Partey, wingers Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelson, as well as goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after reports suggested Arsenal would try to sign the replacement David Raya on a permanent deal. .
Defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko and Jakub Kiwior have also attracted interest from teams across Europe, as well as Forwards Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah, who could see departures if the Gunners are serious about improving their firepower. move forward by signing another attacker.
However, they can’t just turn to the senior team to raise funds for the summer, as their youth academy is also not out of the line of fire. With some of the best prospects from these countries, it is no surprise that there are clubs across the continent interested in investing in their potential.
One of those young stars is 16-year-old Obi-Martin, whose incredible record of 32 goals in just 18 games in Premier League 2 last season helped cement him as one of England’s most promising talents. Unfortunately for the Gunners, it has meant that keeping it a secret has been almost impossible.
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And now, according to journalist Christian Falk, the Gunners youngster could be at risk of being snapped up by interested German parties who now have a big advantage over Arsenal in the negotiations process, because they can offer him a professional contract, something that he can not do it in England due to his young age.
He wrote: “It is true that Bayern Munich is interested in the Arsenal youngster Chidozie Obi-Martin. He is very attractive for Bayern. He is scoring a lot of goals.
“Bayern has the advantage, since the situation in Germany is a little different from that in England: he can already sign a professional contract at the age of 16. Bayern would only have to pay 400,000 euros. So it’s really cheap!
“But Bayern are not the only club interested; there is also Dortmund who are betting on him. So it is getting very interesting, but I have heard that Bayern have a good chance of signing Obi-Martin.”