Posted on December 10, 2021 at 11:10 p.m. by Th.B.
On the sidelines of the winter transfer window, ASSE could use the transfer window to inject new blood into a group of adrift players. And the Folarin Balogun slope would be close at hand.
Red lantern in Ligue 1, ASSE may well be forced to strengthen this winter despite the financial difficulties encountered by the Saint-Etienne club. And to do this, the Greens' decision-makers would look into the Folarin Balogun dossier. The nugget of Arsenal the 20-year-old is likely to be an additional offensive complement to Julien Sablé 's squad. The Sun recently claimed that ASSE is showing interest behind the scenes in Balogun . The Athletic recently confided that the Saint-Etienne leaders opened the door to a departure of Folarin Balogun this winter. And the Gunners' training director has indeed confirmed the trend for Balogun .
“He is likely to be loaned in January”
“He is still playing in under 23 years and it is likely that he will be loaned in January, because you have to be more exposed to reach the next level and he has to make that transition ”. Per Mertesacker said in comments reported by The Daily Mail. It remains to be seen whether ASSE will take this opportunity to give the U23 forward ’Arsenal some playing time.