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Arsenal youngster Nikolaj Moller is being targeted by several European teams who are keen on signing the striker on a season-long loan, according to reports. The 18-year-old striker signed for the Gunners from Swedish club Malmo last summer and has been likened to both Nwankwo Kanu and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The teenager signed for a fee reported to be around £450,000 and joined up with the under-23 squad, where he scored seven goals in 18 Premier League 2 appearances.
One Arsenal academy official told Goal that he has been contacted by scouts of other sides questioning how they managed to sign Moller without any competition.
“We’ve had a lot of people from other clubs say, ‘Bloody hell, how did we miss him?',” a senior figure within Arsenal’s academy told Goal.
And Copenhagen under-19 head coach Robin Asterhed, who worked with Moller at Malmo, expressed that he feels Moller has the ability to be a leading figure for Arteta’s first-team side.
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“The excitement of his talent is definitely growing,” he said.
“If you break out all the qualities that a striker requires, Niko has them.
“When he gets a really hard, high pass, he can bring it in at quite high speeds.
“He can dribble, and when he has the opportunity to finish, he can do that as he has the quality to hit the ball really well.
Nikolaj Moller was in decent form in the Premier League 2 last season. (Image: GETTY)
“So, if you bring all those skills together, he’s a super talent.
“The thing that I think about him is that, when it comes to a higher level when space is smaller and everything goes faster, he still has something to develop to connect all those skills together and produce them in the game.
“He still needs to work on that.
"But Nico has the quality to play at a really high level.”