As Mikel Arteta looks to improve his club this summer, Arsenal have begun to look into signing an American wonderkid.
Arsenal have begun conversations over an English wonderkid joining the team this summer.
A package for Italy star Riccardo Calafiori is in the works, and David Raya has joined entirely, which has increased the Gunners ' transfer business. Nuno Tavares and Albert Sambi Lokonga are on the verge of leaving, and there are other significant deviations planned.
With Arsenal director Mikel Arteta looking at improving level and raising the ceiling of his squad, talks have begun over the signing of one wonderkid who had also had a great future at the Emirates Stadium.
Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has posted on X ( formerly Twitter ) that "negotiations are ongoing" for English wonderkid goalkeeper, Tommy Setford, from Ajax.
Despite triggering the buy opportunity on David Raya's product package from last year, the northern Londoners are in the market for a backup stopper or two, with Aaron Ramsdale almost certain to keep in pursuit of first-team football abroad.
Young German foreign Karl Hein– who has featured on the bench for Arsenal – has just signed another contract, but Hale End graduate Arthur Okwonkwo has left on a completely transfer, following a effective loan at Wrexham last term.
Romano notes that," Ajax sources see Setford as big talent but ]his ] current deal expires in June 2025, adding that the England youth keeper is" keen on the move".
In DataVictory's view, this is a sensible market opportunity for the Gunners, with Setford's contract winding down. It also tallies with information that came out earlier this summer about the club's focuses in the transfer market during this window.
The Athletic's David Ornstein told The Athletic Football Podcast in March that Arsenal would recruit heavily in youth this summer.
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