Arsenal starlet Gedion Zelalem set for cut-price move to Borussia Dortmund in transfer window
Gunners youngster ready to quit Emirates in search of regular first team football in Germany
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ARSENAL youngsters Gedion Zelalem is on the verge of joining Borussia Dortmund in the search for a chance to play first team football.
Zelalem has come through the ranks at the Emirates stadium and has been earmarked as a future first team regular at the club.
But the 19-year-old has seen his opportunities to be involved in Arsene Wenger's squad limited - and now he is ready to move to the Bundesliga to kick-start his career.
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The attacking midfielder has made just one sub appearance for the Gunners this season in the EFL Cup, but the prospect of more chances has tempted him to leave north London.
Zelalem was originally born in Germany and had been part of the schoolboy system training with Hertha Berlin before his family emigrated to America in 2006.
The Gunners brought him into their academy system and had earmarked him as a player for the future, sending him out on a season long loan spell at Rangers last year.
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But his progress has stalled - and with his contract running out at the end of this campaign, Zelalem has looked elsewhere for a new club.
Arsenal are likely to receive a small fee as part of the deal, with the midfielder lured by the prospect of moving straight into Dortmund's first team squad.
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