Football writer Charles Watts has said that Arsenal could be set to loan out a number of youngsters, including the likes of Omar Rekik and Tim Akinola.
With no players currently close to signing, fans of the Gunners may not have the most exciting Deadline Day to enjoy.
At the moment, the club’s most high-profile possible departure looks likely to be Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The striker has been linked with a loan move to Barcelona, but the latest reports have been suggesting that deal could now be off.
However, a few faces could still leave the club in the coming hours. Indeed, while speaking on his YouTube channel, Watts explained that Akinola is close to a loan move to Dundee United, while Rekik could be among a number of others to depart.
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He said: “There might be a couple of other loan deals going through between now and 11 o’clock tonight.
“A few of the youngsters – it looks like Tim Akinola, the midfielder, is going up to Scotland, I think it’s Dundee; it seems to be happening.
“Could be a couple of other youngsters as well heading out like Omar Rekik and a couple of others as well. So keep an eye on those.”
TIF Thoughts on Arsenal and their loans…
Of those mentioned, Rekik seems possibly the most interesting player to keep an eye out for. Despite having not played a senior game for Arsenal, he has been capped three times at international level for Tunisia.
No doubt, he has plenty of talent, so it will be great for him if he can go and get regular football for a different club as he continues his development.
Similarly, Akinola has no first-team outings to his name, but with both men still being just 20 years old, a loan spell could be of great benefit to their careers.
All in all, though, this is probably not the sort of business Arsenal fans would have been hoping to hear about in the final hours of the winter window.
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