Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun has agreed to join RB Leipzig, according to reports. Balogun is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the season and has been frustrated by his lack of game time under Mikel Arteta. The 19-year-old is yet to make his Premier League debut.
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Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta wants Folarin Balogun to stay at the club (Image: EXPRESS)
He has been a prolific goalscorer in under-18 and under-23 football and clearly believes he deserves a more regular chance in the first team.
Balogun was not in the 20-man squad for the FA Cup third round win over Newcastle United last Saturday.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano believes Balogun wants to stay at Arsenal if he is promised more regular action.
However, he expects him to leave if that is not the case.
"If Mikel will change the situation and let him play in the next weeks for sure the situation can change and he can sit with Arsenal and discuss a new contract," Romano told AFTV.
"If not and if he will continue not playing, I think the player will go because he has many bids. He can decide important English clubs who see him for the future or going to play in a mid-table club to be a top star.
"He loves Arsenal, I heard he loves the club and would like to stay but he's just not playing. For a young talent it's terrible not to play.
"That's why he's waiting to understand what's going on. He has the opportunity to stay if Arteta will make him play.
"I'm told he wants to be part of the project of the club immediately."