Arsenal transfer news: Gunners youngster Gedion Zelalem set to join Dutch side VVV Venlo on loan for the rest of the season
The attacking midfielder has made just one sub appearance for the Gunners this season in the EFL Cup and craves first-team football
ARSENAL youngster Gedion Zelalem is set to join Dutch outfit VVV Venlo on loan until the end of the season.
It had been thought the teenager would opt for a move to German side Borussia Dortmund in his search for first-team action.
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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 Holland to kick-start his career.
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.
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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.
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.