Folarin Balogun
Arsenal FC transfer news: Renato Sanches linked, Folarin Balogun could leave on loan
Arsenal have reportedly started planning for the January transfer window and they are being linked with quite a few players already. Arsenal interested in Renato Sanches The Portuguese international midfielder has been linked with a move away from Lille for months now and it appears that the Gunners are one of the two clubs keen on securing his services. The midfielder has now revealed that AC Milan are keen on him as well and he is prepared to move on if a suitable offer comes in. Sanches has already spoken to his agent regarding his future and he revealed that he is ready for a new challenge. The midfielder also added that he will evaluate offers before making a decision but he really likes Milan who are a great and historic club. “Milan and Arsenal are maybe interested,” he said vi...
‘Very close’: Mikel Arteta confirms Arsenal forward is on the verge of signing new deal
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has acknowledged that the club are close to committing Folarin Balogun to a new long-term contract. The 19-year-old is one of the Gunners’ highly-rated graduates, but it appeared that he could leave the club on a free transfer this summer. However, he has been convinced to stay by Arteta, but the club have yet to make an official announcement over a new deal beyond June. Speaking in a press conference today, Arteta said that he has always been positive about the player’s desire to stay, and the club are ‘very close’ to a renewal. He told Arsenal.com: “We’re going to make it official when it’s official and everything is done, but as I said before, I was being very positive that he wants to stay at the club. We want him to stay at the club, so we are very close.”...
‘I am positive’: Mikel Arteta provides update on Folarin Balogun’s contract situation
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided an update on the contract situation of Folarin Balogun ahead of the Premier League game against Leeds United on Sunday. The 19-year-old striker has less than five months remaining on his Gunners contract and the club have yet to convince him to sign a fresh deal. Balogun is said to want regular first-team football and that appears unlikely with Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Eddie Nketiah preferred ahead of him. The youngster is still awaiting his Premier League debut for the club but Arteta is optimistic about committing him to a new long-term contract. “No, I’m still very positive that Flo is going to stay with us and it’s what we’re trying to do as a club, and it’s what I’m trying to do as a manager,” he told the club’s offic...
Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal transfer European form into Premier League
Mikel Arteta has demanded Arsenal transfer their Europa League form into the Premier League, where he says his side need to start winning matches “immediately”. Goals from Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Joe Willock and Folarin Balogun helped the Gunners ease past Irish side Dundalk 4-2 in Dublin on Thursday to finish top of Group B with a 100 per cent record – the first time they have won six successive European matches since 2005. That fine European form is in sharp contrast to their domestic struggles, where the club have lost six out of their last nine matches to slump to 15th in the table. With the Europa League now finished with until February, Arsenal can focus all their attention on domestic competition, with Arteta stressing the urgent need to pick up positive results, starting wit...
Shkodran Mustafi: Folarin Balogun very strong, intelligent
Arsenal defender, Shkodran Mustafi, was full of praise for Folarin Balogun after he struck in their Europa League win at Molde. The teenage striker scored with his first touches of the ball to open his account for the club, and earned rave reviews from his German team-mate. “He’s a very strong and intelligent player,” Mustafi told Arsenal.com. “He’s a good striker and he’s hungry. “I think at this age in strikers you can always see that hunger to score and they always want to do something in the box, and I think for him it was really nice. He came on in the last game as well and this time it was his first touch he scored with, so I’m very happy for him because I think this is something that is very important. “We all started as young boys and everyone knows the feeling of how difficult it ...
Report: Sheffield United believe they can sign Arsenal striker after positive talks
Sheffield United believe they can strike a deal with Arsenal for Folarin Balogun before the summer transfer deadline, Yorkshire Live reports. The Blades have signed seven players during the current transfer window, but Oliver Burke has been the only attacking reinforcement for them. Earlier this month, the club failed with a bid of £3m plus add-ons for Balogun and manager Chris Wilder followed to confirm the interest in the young striker publicly. They are yet to make a fresh offer, but it is reported that the club are optimistic over a deal after CEO Stephen Bettis held positive discussions with the Gunners’ hierarchy. Wilder is keen on adding a new striker to the squad in the near future, particularly with Lys Mousset likely to be sidelined for sometime after an opera...
Report: Club stunned after learning how much Arsenal want for player
Arsenal have turned down an offer from Sheffield United for Folarin Balogun, according to The Daily Mail. It has been reported that United are interested in signing Balogun from Premier League rivals Arsenal in the summer transfer window. The Blades have offered £3 million plus add-ons for the 19-year-old striker, but the Gunners ‘want a structured deal worth in the region of (£)15m, comprising an initial fee for the prolific frontman with further bonuses’, according to the report. This demand of Arsenal has ‘stunned’ United, according to the report, which has added of interest in Balogun from Southampton, Brighton and AC Milan as well. £15 million is too much to ask Balogun is only 19 years of age and has not made his breakthrough into the Arsenal first team. Moreover, the teenage striker...
