Arsenal serious contenders to sign highly rated Italian starlet Justin Ejodamen from Dortmund

Arsenal have emerged as serious contenders in the race to sign highly rated Italian starlet Justin Ejodamen from Borussia Dortmund, according to TEAMtalk.

Dortmund have earned a renowned reputation for unearthing some of the brightest talents that make noticeable impacts across Europe in recent years.

The likes of Marco Reus and Mario Götze represent the earliest names to make big impacts after coming through the academy.

In addition, Christian Pulisic, Kerem Adeyemi, Jadon Sancho, Giovanni Reyna, Alexander Isak and Julian Brandt are some of the players that were scouted while with other clubs, as well as Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland, who are arguably the club’s biggest exports in recent years.

Dortmund have also scouted and signed Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Soumaïla Coulibaly, and Salih Özcan, the latest talents to be sold by the club after initially joining as exciting prospects, and this trend is expected to continue, especially with the surge of emerging talents from their academy.

One of the players who could join the trend is highly rated Italian starlet Ejodamen, whose performance for the academy is already drawing keen interest from several clubs, including Arsenal.

This is according to TEAMtalk, which claims that the Premier League champions are serious contenders in the race to sign Ejodamen from Dortmund.

Prospect

The report adds that the North London giants have been impressed by the 15-year-old’s progress and view him as a player with immense long-term potential, having been likened to Jude Bellingham.

With a youth-driven recruitment strategy in place, the Gunners’ recruitment team are keeping close tabs on him and are firmly in the race to sign him should Dortmund make him available, as per the report.

Amid fierce competition from several clubs, including Barcelona, Chelsea, AC Milan and Juventus, Arsenal’s pathway for young prospects and competitiveness at the highest level of English football make them an attractive proposition for signing Ejodamen, TEAMtalk adds.

Arsenal’s willingness to create pathways for young prospects was evident last season. Mikel Arteta handed first-team debuts to several academy stars, including Marli Solomon, Andre Harriman, Annous, Ife Ibrahim, Brando Bailey-Joseph, Marli Salmon and Max Dowman.

Should Ejodamen be signed, he will be joining an increasing pool of exciting prospects to move to the Emirates Stadium in recent transfer windows, including Evan Mooney, Jaden Dixon, Elijah Upson, Axel Donczew and, most recently, Vincent Joseph.