Arsenal transfer news: Gunners serious contenders to sign 15-year-old 'next Jude Bellingham'

Arsenal person reportedly expressed an involvement successful 15-year-old Borussia Dortmund starlet Justin Ejodamen, who has been dubbed the adjacent 'Jude Bellingham'.

The 2011-born starlet represents BVB's younker squad and Italy's Under-16s, whom helium made his debut for successful a 5-1 affable nonaccomplishment to Spain connected September 17.

Ejodamen's inaugural quality for Italy's Under-16s was unsuccessful connected some a corporate and idiosyncratic level, though, arsenic helium was taken disconnected astatine fractional clip with the Azzurri already 3-1 down.

The 15-year-old is besides yet to marque his elder breakthrough with Dortmund - unsurprising fixed his tender years - but helium has already caught the oculus of immoderate European heavyweights.

Arsenal 'serious contenders' to motion Borussia Dortmund wonderkid

According to TEAMtalk, Arsenal person present go 'serious contenders' for Ejodamen's signature, amid a 'growing belief' that helium tin travel successful the footsteps of immoderate of Dortmund's famed academy prospects.

The Italy younker planetary - who tin reportedly besides pledge allegiance to Nigeria and Germany - has been likened to Real Madrid prima Bellingham owed to 4 cardinal aspects of his game.

Ejodamen has supposedly impressed scouts with his carnal profile, method strengths, 'elegance' with the shot astatine his feet, and an innate quality to get successful unsafe positions astatine the close time.

However, Arsenal are unsurprisingly not unsocial successful the pursuit for Ejodamen, arsenic Barcelona, Chelsea, AC Milan and Juventus person besides been credited with an involvement successful the teenage phenom.

The study adds that Barca are presently starring the charge, but Dortmund stay optimistic astir their chances of holding onto Ejodamen for a small portion longer.

Why Arsenal are already losing Justin Ejodamen transportation race

Ejodamen volition observe his 16th day successful April 2027, astatine which constituent Arsenal's hopes of winning the contention for the Dortmund imaginable could already spell up successful smoke.

Clubs who play successful European Union countries are eligible to motion European-based players aged 16 oregon 17, but owing to Brexit, English clubs are incapable to bring successful specified players until they crook 18.

As a result, Arsenal would person to hold until 2029 to adhd Ejodamen to their elder ranks, whereas Barca, Milan oregon Juventus could instantly prise the teen distant from the Signal Iduna Park successful 2027.

However, Gunners brag Mikel Arteta is successful request of youthful midfield prospects, arsenic 20-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly is the lone existent Arsenal midfielder nether 27 years of property - excluding existent Dortmund loanee Ethan Nwaneri.