Arsenal are leading the race to sign Millwall teenager Chris Ijeme, but face competition from Liverpool and West Ham.
According to All Nigeria Soccer, a number of Premier League teams are keen to snap up the Championship youngster.
Manchester City are also said to be interested in the player, who is drawing comparisons to a young Jadon Sancho.
Ijeme is earning rave reviews at youth level, with the 15-year-old being tipped to force his way into Millwall’s U18 side in the near future.
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The report claims that scouts have been flocking to see him in action and it’s great to see Arsenal at the front of the queue.
They’ll be hoping that the lure of staying in London will be enough for them to beat the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to his signature.
At just 15 years of age, this is a long-term signing for the Gunners, with Ijeme unlikely to be playing first-team football anytime soon.
Such is the demand to find the next biggest talent at an increasingly younger age, it would be considered as a big coup for the Gunners to beat some of their biggest Premier League rivals to a highly-rated young star.
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